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Skeletal
Skeletal System
Question | Answer |
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Tuberosity | Large rounded projection, may be roughened |
Crest | Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent |
Trochanter | Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process ( the only examples are on the femur) |
Line | Narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest |
Tubercle | small rounded projection or process |
Epicondyle | raised area on or above condyle |
spine | sharp, slender, often pointed projection |
Process | prominence or projection |
Head | bony expansion carried on a narrow neck |
Facet | Smooth, nearly flat articular surface |
Condyle | rounded articular projection |
Ramus | armlike bar of bone |
Sinus | space within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucus membrane |
meatus | canal-like passageway |
fossa | shallow, basin-like depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface |
groove | furrow |
fissure | narrow, slitlike opening |
foramen | rounded or oval opening through a bone |
foramina | plural of foramen |