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Overview Skeleton
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| spine | sharp, slender process |
| Tubercle | small, rounded projection |
| Tuberosity | large rounded projection |
| Head | structure supported on neck |
| Ramus | armlike projection |
| Condyle | rounded, convex projection |
| meatus | canal-like structure |
| foramen | round or oval opening through a bone |
| fossa | shallow depression |
| sinus | air-filled cavity |
| trochanter | large, irregularly shaped projection |
| humerus | long bone |
| phalanx | longe bone |
| calcaneus | short bone |
| parietal (skull bone) | flat bone |
| rib | flat bone |
| vertebra | irregular bone |
| diaphysis | made almost entirely of compact bone |
| red marrow | site of blood cell formation |
| periostem | fibrous membrane that covers the bone |
| epiphysis | scientific term for bone end |
| yellow marrow | contains fat in adult bones |
| epiphyseal line | growth plate remnant |