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Bio 271L Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alveolus | a deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible |
| articulation | the junction of two bones |
| auricular | ear-shaped |
| bifid | cleft into two parts or branches |
| canal, meatus | a passageway through a bone |
| capitulum | a little head |
| concha | a spiral structure like a seashell |
| condyle | a large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure |
| coracoid | describing a projection shaped like a crow's beak |
| coronoid | describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point |
| costal | associated with or a part of the ribs |
| crest | a narrow, prominent ridge-like projection |
| cribiform | perforated like a sieve |
| cuneiform | wedge-shaped |
| demifacet | half of a facet, part of an articular surface shared by two adjacent bones |
| diaphysis | the middle portion of a long bone, the shaft |
| epicondyle | a projection adjacent to a condyle |
| epiphysis | the end of a long bone |
| facet | a small, flat, shallow articulating surface |
| fissure | a narrow, slit-like opening through a bone |
| foramen | a rounded passageway through a bone |
| fossa | a flattened or shallow depression |
| fovea | a small depression |
| glenoid | shaped like a shallow socket |
| head | a prominent rounded epiphysis |
| hiatus | a gap |
| lamina | a thin, flat plate |
| line | a low ridge, less prominent than a crest |
| malleolus | a club-shaped or hammer-shaped process |
| mastoid | breast-shaped |
| meatus, canal | a passageway through a bone |
| neck | a constricted portion adjacent to a head |
| notch | an indentation or V-shaped depression |
| nuchal | associated with the nape of the neck |
| pedicle | a supporting column or stalk |
| petrous | like a rock |
| process | any marked bony prominence |
| promontory | a high place |
| pterygoid | wing-like |
| ramus | an angular extension of a bone relative the rest of the structure; a branch |
| septum | a partition |
| sinus | a cavity or hollow space in a bone |
| spine | a pointed, slender process |
| squamous | flat, scale-like |
| styloid | pointed, pen-like |
| sulcus | a narrow groove |
| suture | the line of union in an immovable articulation |
| trochanter | a massive, rough projection found only on the femur |
| trochlea | a smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process |
| tubercle | a small, round projection |
| tuberosity | a large, rough projection |
| xiphoid | shaped like a sword |
| cranial or cephalic | the head end or toward the head |
| caudal | the tail end or toward the tail |
| ventral | the belly side |
| dorsal | the back side |
| superior | the upper portion, or that which is above |
| inferior | the lower portion, or that which is below |
| anterior | the forward surface or toward the front (used synonymously w/ cranial in quadrupeds & ventral in bipeds) |
| posterior | the rear surface or toward the rear (used synonymously w/ caudal in quadrupeds & dorsal in bipeds) |
| medial | refers to a location nearer the midline than another location |
| lateral | refers to a location farther from the midline than another location |
| proximal | nearer the main axis of the body, or nearer the point of attachment |
| distal | away from the main axis of the body, or away from the point of attachment |
| superficial | at or near the surface |
| deep | away from the surface |
| transverse or cross | a plane that extends from left to right and from dorsal to ventral, giving cranial and caudal portions |
| longitudinal | a plane that extends from cranial to caudal; longitudinal and transverse planes intersect at right angles |
| sagittal | a longitudinal plane that divides the body into right and left portions |
| midsagittal | a longitudinal plane that passes through the midline to divide the body into right and left halves |
| frontal or coronal | a longitudinal plane that extends from left to right and cranial to caudal, giving dorsal and ventral portions |
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