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A&P.tricOH.skeleton.fall2008

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bone-spongy - cancellous   small spaces surrounded by matrix  
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bone- compact   bone matrix with few small spaces  
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tuberosity   a large tubercul or rounded elevation; especially on bone surface  
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crest   prominent ridge  
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trochanter   one of the boney prominences developed from independent osseous center-upper extremity of femur - NOTE: humans have two - horses have three  
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trochanter   Horses canter, humans run on two feet-two on femur  
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bone - line   low ridge  
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tubercle   small rounded bump  
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epicondyle   "upon a condyle" a slight elevation from the surface of a bone, giving attachment to a muscle or ligament  
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condyle   a rounded articular surface at the extremity of a bone - like a condum with a rounded end  
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spine   a short, sharp thornlike process of bone L. "a thorn"  
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head - bone   enlarged end  
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ramus   part of an irregularly shaped bone, smaller than a "process" that forms an angle with the main body  
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ramus   "ram us" with a horn-bony projection (but not too large)  
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meatus   a passage of a channel, especially the external opening of a canal L. a passage  
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meatus   "meat us" at the Ear canal  
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sinus   a cavity or hollow space in bone or other tissues L. sinus "cavity"  
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fossa   a depression - more or less LONGITUDINAL in shape below the level of the surface of a part L. Trench or ditch  
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fossa   "fossa" lost ya in the LONG ditch  
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foramen   an aperature or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure L. an aperture  
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foramen   L. an aperture - French "foro" to pierce  
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bones of skull - supra-orbital margin   j  
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mastoid process   Gr. resembling a breast  
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mastoid process   the nipplelike projection of the petrous part of the temporal bone-hangs down behind ear  
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mastoid air cells   the mastoid process is filled with cavities - connected to the middle ear  
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mastoid process holds what muscles?   neck muscles involved in rotation of the neck  
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zygomatic process   Gr. a bar or bolt Fr. zygon "yoke"  
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zygomatic process   the rough projection from the maxilla that articulates with the zygomatic bone  
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zygomatic arch   the arch formed by the temporal process of the sygomatic bone as it joins the zygomatic process of the temporal bones  
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styloid   Peg-shaped Gr stylo- plus "eidos" resemblance  
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styloid process of the temporal bone   the "stylus" projecting from the temporal bone  
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mandibular or glenoid fossa   articulation point between the mandible & skull on TEMPORAL bone  
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where is the mandibular fossa   a depression on the TEMPORAL bone  
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malleus, incus & stapes   bones in ear  
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occipital bone   the back of the head  
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occipital condyles   articulation point between skull and first vertebra  
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Occipatal bone - the foramen magnum   the large hole at the base of the skull - opening point where brain & spinal cord connect  
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occipatal bone - lambdoidal suture   the suture which resembles the greek letter "lambda" - located on the superior of the occipatal bone -  
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sphenoid bone -   "sphenoid" Gr. sphenoeides "wedge" plus eides "resemblance"  
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sphenoid bone - sella turcica   L. sella "saddle"  
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sphenoid bone - lesser and greater wings   projections  
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sphenoid sinuses   the sphenoid has a bony sinus  
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ethmoid bone -   bone inside skull, forms part of orbit of eyes, part of nasal cavity  
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ethmoid bone - cribiform plate   cribri - "sieve" - form "forma" sievelike; containing many perforations  
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ethmoid bone - crista galli   "crest" - triangular midline process of the ethmoid bone - extends from cribiform plate  
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ethmoid bone - perpendicular plate   part of ethmoid bone that forms nose & connects to vomer-in nasal septum  
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nasal septum   L septeum - a partition  
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fracture of cribiform plate   in auto accident, cribiform plate may be fracture (if no air bags) driver's nose strikes the steering wheel  
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nasal conchae   superior & middle - look like conches - increase surface area in nasal cavity - moistening & warming of air  
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zygomatic (malar) bones   a quadrilateral bone that forms the prominence of the cheek-articulates with fraontal, sphenoid, temporaral and maxillary bone  
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nasal bones   maxillae; maxillary sinuses; alveolar process; infraorbital foramen; palatine process  
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maxillary sinuses   irregularly shaped bone-supporting superior teeth & form part of the orbit, hard palate, & nasal cavity  
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alveolar process   alveolus "small cell, cavity or socket"  
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infraorbital foramen   small hole below eyesocket  
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"infra"   means a position below the part denoted by the word to which it is joined  
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vomer   a flat bone-trapezoidal shape forming part of nasal septum  
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Palatine bones   irregularly shpaed bone posterior to the maxillae  
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mandible (6 pieces)   condylar process; coronoid process; alveolar process; body; angle; ramus  
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mandible - condylar process   the "condum" on the end of the mandible where it articulates with the jaw  
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coronoid process   a sharp triangular process from a bone  
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mandible - coronoid process   the triangular, anterior process of the mandible -  
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mandible - alveolar process   sockets for teeth  
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mandible - body   main part of mandible  
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mandible - angle   angle formed by lower posterior portion of mandible  
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mandible - ramus   projection-angled on mandible near middle of posterior  
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lacrimal bones   L. "lacrima" tears - relating to tears; tear ducts -  
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lacrimal bones   an irregularly rectangular thin plate, part of the medial wall of the orbit behind the frontal process of the maxilla  
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inferior nasal conchae   the lowest bone in nasal septum that looks like a conch shell  
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hyoid bone   NOT attached to another bone; floats below mandible & serves as attachment for some tongue muscles  
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nasal septum   vomer & perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone - plus hyaline cartilage  
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superficial facial bones   kkk  
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deep facial bones    
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paranasal sinues (4 kinds)   frontal - ethmoidal labyrinth - sphenoidal sinus - maxillary sinus (named for bones in which they are located)  
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what is "keystone" of cranial floor?   Check - is it sphenoid??  
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what is "keystone" of face?   check - is it maxilla?  
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what is a cleft palate?   facial bones don't fuse - palatine processes of the maxillae don't fuse with one another-opening between the nasal and oral cavities [cleft lip is if maxillae don't form properly]  
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fontanels (4)   frontal; posterior (occipital); anterolaterel (sphenoidal) and poterolateral (Mastoid-remember mastoid process of occipital bones -this is in that area)  
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