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angela lab exam bone
Angela lab exam bones!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a prominent border or ridge on a bone | crest |
| any prominent projection of bone | process |
| a large convex or concave articular prominence on a bone | condyle |
| a prominence above a condyle | epicondyle |
| a smooth flat surface on a bone | facet or articular surface |
| a depression in a bone | fossa |
| a rounded opening in a bone | foramen |
| tubelike passageway in a bone | meatus |
| a small rounded process on a bone | tubercle |
| a large roughened process of a bone | tuberosity |
| a large blunt projection below the neck of the femur | trochanter |
| head | of a bone is the rounded articulating projection usually proximal superior to the neck of the bone |
| neck | of a bone is the constricted region that supports the head of the bone |
| diaphysis or shaft | of a long bone is the main part of the bone |
| epiphysis | of a long bone refers to the ends of the bone |
| suture | is a seam or immoveable joint between the bones of the skull |
| fontanel | is an unossified space or soft spot lying between the cranial bone of the skull of a fetus |
| sesamoid | is a small bone within a tendon |
| sutural bone | is a tiny irregularly shaped bone found within a suture |
| costal cartilage | is the cartilage that attaches the ribs to the sternum |
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