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Bones
Marking Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tuberosity (Projection that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment) | large, rounded projection; may be roughened |
| Trochanter (Projection that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment) | very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process |
| Process (Projection that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment) | any bony prominence |
| Head (Projection that help to form joints) | bony expansion carried on a narrow neck |
| Facet (Projection that help to form joints) | smooth, nearly flat articular surface |
| Condyle (Projection that help to form joints) | rounded articular projection |
| Ramus (Projection that help to form joints) | arm like bar of bone |
| Sinus (Depressions and openings allowing blood vessels and nerves to pass) | cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane |
| Fossa (Depressions and openings allowing blood vessels and nerves to pass) | shallow, basin like depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface |
| Foramen (Depressions and openings allowing blood vessels and nerves to pass) | round or oval opening through a bone |
| Articular | where two or more bones meet |
| Depressions | indentations, pits, or hollows for nerves, blood vessels, tendons, or form joints |
| Long Bones | longer than they are wide, shaft with head at both ends, found in limbs |
| Flat Bones | thin, flattened usually curved, found in the skull, ribs and sternum |
| Short Bones | roughly cube-shaped, found in wrists and ankles |
| Irregular Bones | don't fit any other category, found in the vertebrae and hip bones |
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