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Skeletal System

TermDefinition
Aperture Opening or orifice in the bone
Arch Prominent bridge like bony structure
Articulation Area where bones are joined to each other
Bones Mineralized structures of the body that protect internal soft tissues and serve as a biomechanical basis for movement
Canal Opening in the bone that is long, narrow, and tubelike
Condyle Oval bony prominence typically located at the articulations
Conru Small hornlike prominence
Crest Roughened border or ridge on the bone surface
Eminence Tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface
Fissure Opening in the bone that is narrow and cleftlike
Foramen/foramina Short, window like opening in the bone
Fossa/ fossae Depression on a bony surface
Head Rounded surface projecting from a bone by a neck
Incisura Indentation or notch at the edge of the bone.
Joint Site of a junction or union between two or more bones.
Line Straight, small ridge of bone.
Meatus Opening or canal in the bone
Notch Indentation at the edge of a bone
Ostium/ostia Small opening in bone.
Perforation Abnormal hole in a hollow organ, such as in the wall of a sinus.
Plate Flat structure of bone.
Primary sinusitis Inflammation of the sinus.
Process General term for any prominence on a bony surface.
Secondary sinusitis Inflammation o the sinus related to another source.
Spine Abrupt, small prominence of bone.
Sulcus/sulci Shallow depression or groove such as that on a bony structure.
Suture Generally immovable articulation in which bones are joined by fibrous tissue
Tubercle Eminence or small, rounded elevation on the bony surface.
Tuberosity Large, often rough prominence on the surface of bone.
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