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Gen Anatomy terms
Lect 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Skeletal function #1 | Support |
| Skeletal function #2 | Protection |
| Skeletal function #3 | Assistance in movement |
| Skeletal function #4 | Mineral homeostasis |
| Skeletal function #5 | Blood cell production |
| Skeletal function #6 | Triglyceride Storage |
| Head | Enlarged (often rounded) end |
| Neck | Constricted area (between head and body) |
| Body | Main portion |
| Margin | border or edge |
| Angle | Bend |
| Ramus | Branch off the body (beyond angle) |
| Condyle | Smooth, rounded articular surface |
| Facet | Small, flattened articular surface |
| Ridges: Line/Linea | Low ridge |
| Ridges: Crest/crista | Prominent ridge |
| Ridges: Spine | Very high ridge |
| Projections: Process | Prominent projection |
| Projection: Tubercle | Small, rounded process |
| Projection: Tuberosity | Tuber, knoblike process; usually larger than a tubercle |
| Projections:Tuberchanter | Large tuberosity found only on the proximal femur |
| Projections: Epicondyle | Near or above the condyle |
| Projections: Lingula | Flat, tongue-shaped process |
| Projections: Hamulus | Hook-shaped process |
| Projections: Cornu | Horn-shaped process |
| Openings: Foramen (pl foramina) | Hole |
| Openings: Nutrient foramen | Conveys blood vessels supplying the bone itself |
| Openings: Canal or meatus | Tunnel |
| Openings: Fissure | Cleft |
| Openings: Sinus | Cavity or labyrinth cavity |