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Axial Skeleton RLT

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Definition
Fissure   Narror slit-like opening  
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Foramen   large hole  
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Meatus   tube like passage way  
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Sinus   air filled vaity  
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Process   projection of a bone  
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Condyle   large roughly rounded process  
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Facet   flat smooth surface  
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Head   a round process supported on a narrow part  
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Crest   a prominent ridge  
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epicondyle   above a condyle  
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line   smaller than a crest  
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spine   long thin process  
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trochanter   large process of the femur  
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tuberacle   a small rounded process  
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tuberosity   a large rough process  
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The four sutures of the adult skull   coronal, lambdoidal, sagittal, squamosal  
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The 8 cranial bones   Frontal, parietal (2), occipital, temporal (2), sphenoid, ethmoid  
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Temporal bone features   External auditory meatus, mastoid process, mandibular fossa, styliod process, petrous part, zygomatic process  
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sphenoid bone features   sinus, greater wing, sella turcica (turks saddle)  
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Ethmoid   Cribform plate, perpendicular plate, ethmoid sinuses, superior and middle conchae  
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Facial bones   nasal, vomer, maxilla, zygomatic, lacrimal, inferior nasal concha,palatine, mandible  
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Fetal Skull   anterior fortanelle, posterior fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanelle, mastoid fontanelle  
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Define Fontanelle   soft spots made from dense connective tissue  
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Auditory ossicles from middle ear   Hammer, anvil, stirrup  
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Vertbrae Types and How many of each   Cervical- 7 Thoracic- 12 Lumbar- 5 Sacrum Coccyx  
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Cervical Vertebrae   C-1 atlas C-2 axis  
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Features of Cervical Vertebra   Body, lamina, pedicle, spinous process, transverse process, transverse foramen, vertebral foreman, dens (axis only), cervical curvature  
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Kyphosis   Exaggerated curvature associated with the cervical vertebra  
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Features of Thoracic Vertebra   BOdy, vertebral arch, lamina, pedicle, spinous process, vertbral foramen, transverse process with facet for rib's articulation, superior and inferior articular processes (joins vertebrae above and below) thoracid curvature  
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Features of Lumbar Vertebra   Body, lamina, pedicle, spinous process, transverse process, vertebral foramen, lumbar curvature (exaggerated lumbar curvature is called lordosis)  
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Sacrum   5 Fused vertebrae Anterior and posterior sacral foramina, sacral promontory, sacral curvature  
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Coccyx   4 fused vertebrae  
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Thoracic cage   first seven ribs are true ribs last 5 are false ribs  
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Features of Sternum   Manubrium Jugular notch clavicular notch body of sternum xiphoid process  
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