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Osteology
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02/01/2014

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Term

 

 

condyle

Definition

 

 

rounded or widened end of a bone with a smooth articular surface

 

mandible – temporomandibular joint

 

occipital bone – articulates with atlas (C-1)

 

Term

 

 

process

Definition

 

 

a projection of bone for the attachment of muscles or for articulation

 

coronoid process of mandible – insertion or distal attachment of temporalis muscle

 

temporal process of zygomatic bone and zygomatic process of temporal bone

 

Term

 

 

plate

Definition

 

 

a flattened process that provides muscular attachment

 

medial and lateral pterygoid plates of sphenoid bone of skull

 

Term

 

 

Tubercle

Definition

 

 

 

small rounded elevation on a bone for attachment of a muscle

 

pharyngeal tubercle of occipital bone of skull

 

Term

tuberosity

 

 

Definition

 

a rounded prominence of bone

 

maxillary tuberosity

 

Term

 

crest

Definition

 

an elongated raised process or ridge of bone produced by muscle attachment

 

external occipital crest (midline & vertical)

 

Linea or line – a slightly raised ridge of bone produced by a muscle attachment

 

Superior nuchal line of occipital bone

 

Term

 

 

spine

Definition

 

 

raised area of bone

Term

 

 

fossa

Definition

 

 

 

gently rounded depression

 

Cranial fossae: anterior, middle & posterior

 

Term

 

 

groove or sulcus

Definition

 

linear bony depressions that accommodate cylindrical or tubular structures

 

Groove for superior sagittal sinus (venous sinus found inferior to the sagittal suture)

 

Term

 

 

foramen

Definition

 

hole that allows structures to pass through bone

 

Foramen magnum

 

Foramen rotundum

 

Term

 

 

canal

Definition

 

an opening that has length through bone ending at a foramen

 

infraorbital canal (floor of orbit in maxilla-> infraorbital foramen)

 

Term

 

 

notch

Definition

 

a bite from edge of bone (incomplete foramen) transmits vessels & nerves

 

mandibular notch

 

Term

 

 

fissure

Definition

 

an elongated space between two bones of the skull

 

superior & inferior orbital fissures

 

Term

 

 

What tissue differentiate into bones?

Definition

 

 

mesenchyme tissue

Term

 

 

two types of ossification

Definition

 

intrmembranous

 

endochondral

Term

 

 

mechanism of mesenchymal cells

 

 

Definition

1. condense as membrane

2. differentiate into osteoblasts

3. lay down bone matrix at different sites

Term

 

 

what do you get with intramembranos ossification?

 

single or multi bones?

 

where?

 

suture?

Definition

single

 

skull vult, face, and clavicle

 

fibrous sutures

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