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Skeletal System

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show opening or orifice in bone  
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show prominent bridgelike bony structure  
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Articulation   show
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show mineralized structures of the body that protect internal soft tissues and serve as the biomechanical basis for movement  
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show opening in bone that is long, narrow, and tubelike  
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Condyle   show
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Cornu   show
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show roughened border or ridge on the none surface  
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show tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface  
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Fissure   show
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show short, windowlike opening in bone  
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Head   show
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Incisura   show
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Joint   show
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Line   show
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Meatus   show
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Ostium/ostia   show
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Perforation   show
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show flat structure of bone  
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Primary sinusitis   show
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show general term for any prominence on a bony surface  
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Secondary sinusitis   show
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show abrupt, small prominence of bone  
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show shallow depression or groove such as that on the bony surface  
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show generally immovable articulation in which bones are joined by fibrous tissue  
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show eminence or small, rounded elevation on the bony surface  
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show large, often rough prominence on the surface of bone  
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show 22, not including the small bones of the middle ear  
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show sutures  
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Cranium   show
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show the temporomandibular joint  
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What consists of the braincase   show
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show the frontal, both parietals, and occipital bones  
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Coronal Suture   show
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show the suture between the paired parietal bones  
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Lambdoidal Suture   show
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show the frontal, ethmoid, vomer, sphenoid and the mandible bones  
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Orbit   show
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Orbital Walls   show
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show deepest portion of the orbit composed of portions of the sphenoid and palatine bones  
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Optic Canal   show
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show the second cranial nerve/optic nerve and the ophthalmic artery  
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show fissure between the greater and lesser wings of the sphenoid bone that transmits structures from the cranial cavity to the orbit  
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Inferior Orbital Fissure   show
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show the infratemporal and pterygopalatine fossae  
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Nasal Cavity   show
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Piriform Aperture   show
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show the paired nasal bones  
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Which bones form the lateral boundaries of the nasal cavity   show
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show projecting structures that extend inward from the lateral walls of the nasal cavity  
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Which bone forms the superior and middle nasal conchae   show
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show groove beneath each nasal concha that contains openings for communication with the paranasal sinuses or nasolacrimal duct  
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show vertical partition of the nasal cavity  
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show the nasal septal cartilage and the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone  
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Which bone forms the posterior portions of the nasal septum   show
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show two separate parallel ridges, superior and inferior, on the lateral surface of the skull  
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Coronal Suture   show
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Squamosal Suture   show
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Temporal Fossa   show
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Infratemporal Fossa   show
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show fossa deep to the infratemporal fossa and between the pterygoid process and maxillary tuberosity  
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show arch formed by the union of the temporal process of the zygomatic bone and zygomatic process of the temporal bone  
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show suture between the temporal and zygomatic bones  
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show articulation between the temporal bone and mandible that allows for movement of the mandible  
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show the two palatine processes of the maxillae and the two horizontal plates of the palatine bones  
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Median Palatine Suture   show
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show an articulation between the two palatine processes of the maxiallae and the two horizontal plates of the palatine bones  
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show posterior openings of the nasal cavity  
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Ptergoid Canal   show
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show fossa deep to the infratemporal fossa and between the ptergoid process and maxillary tuberosity  
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Ptergoid process   show
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show portion of the ptergoid process  
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Lateral Ptergoid Plate   show
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show fossa between the medial and lateral pterygoid plates of the sphenoid bone  
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Hamulus   show
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show foramen in the sphenoid bone for the mandibular division of the trigeminal or fifth cranial nerve  
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show foramen in the sphenoid bone for the middle meningeal artery  
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Spine of the sphenoid bone   show
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show foramen among the sphenoid, occipital, and temporal bones that is filled with cartilage  
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show canal in the temporal bone that carries the internal carotid artery  
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show bony projection of the temporal bone that serves as an attachment for muscles and ligaments  
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Stylomastoid foramen   show
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Jugular Foramen   show
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show foramen in the occipital bone that carries the spinal cord, vertebral arteries, and eleventh cranial nerve  
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cribriform plate   show
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foramen rotundum   show
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hypoglossal canal   show
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internal acoustic meatus   show
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List the cranial bones   show
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show projections of the occipital bone that articulate with lateral masses of the first cervical vertebra  
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show a four-sided plate anterior to the foramen magnum  
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Pharyngeal Tubercle   show
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Jugular Notch of the Occipital Bone   show
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Frontal Sinuses   show
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Supraorbital Ridges   show
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Supraorbital Notch   show
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show process lateral to the orbit  
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Lacrimal Fossa   show
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show paired cranial bones that form the lateral walls of the skull  
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Squamous Portion of the Temporal Bone   show
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show portion that forms most of the external acoustic meatus  
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Petrous Portion of the Temporal Bone   show
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What are the three portions of the Temporal Bone   show
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show the articular fossa, articular eminence, and postglenoid process  
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show external acoustic meatus, and petrotympanic fissure  
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show mastoid process, mastoid air cells, mastoid notch, styloid process, stylomastoid foramen, carotid canal, and jugular notch of the temporal bone  
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show fissure between the tympanic and petrosal portions of the temporal bone, just posterior to the articular fossa, through which the chorda tympani nerve emerges  
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mastoid process   show
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mastoid air cells   show
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show notch on the mastoid process of the temporal bone  
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show bony projection of the temporal bone that serves as an attachment for muscles and ligaments  
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show foramen in the temporal bone that carries the facial or seventh nerve  
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show canal in the temporal bone that carries the internal carotid artery  
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show temporal or lateral portion of the jugular foramen  
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Body of the Sphenoid Bone   show
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Sphenoidal Sinuses   show
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show anterior process of the body of the sphenoid bone  
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Greater Wing of the Sphenoid Bone   show
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show spine located at the posterior extremity of the sphenoid bone  
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Infratemporal Crest   show
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Perpendicular Plate   show
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Ethmoidal Sinuses   show
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show vertical midline continuation of the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone into the cranial cavity  
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show plate that forms most of the medial orbital wall  
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Nasolacrimal Duct   show
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Frontal Process of the Zygomatic Bone   show
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Temporal Process of the Zygomatic Bone   show
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Maxillary Process of the Zygomatic Bone   show
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show inferior rim of the orbit  
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show plates that form the posterior portion of the hard palate  
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Vertical Plates of the Palatine Bones   show
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Greater Palatine Foramen   show
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show foramen in the palatine bone that transmits the lesser palatine nerve and blood vessels  
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Maxillae   show
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show portion of the maxilla that contains the maxillary sinus  
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show paranasal sinuses in each body of the maxilla  
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show process that forms a portion of the orbital rim  
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show fissure between the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and maxilla that carries the ingraorbital and zygomatic nerves, as well as the infraorbital artery and inferior ophthalmic vein  
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Infraorbital Sulcus   show
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Infraorbital Canal   show
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show foramen of the maxilla that transmits the infraorbital nerve and blood vessels  
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Zygomatic Process of the Maxilla   show
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Palatine Process of the Maxilla   show
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Incisive Foramen   show
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Incisive Papilla   show
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show elevation on the posterior aspect of the maxilla that is perforated by the posterior superior alveolar foramina  
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Posterior Superior Alveolar Foramina   show
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Mental Protuberance   show
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show midline articulation where bones are joined by fibrocartilage such as the midline ridge on the mandible that fuses together in early childhood  
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show foramen between the apices of the mandibular first and second premolars that transmits the mental nerve and blood vessels  
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Body of the Mandible   show
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Ramus   show
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Coronoid Process   show
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show notch in the anterior border of the ramus  
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External Oblique Line   show
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show angle at the intersection of the posterior and inferior borders of the ramus  
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Condyle of the Mandible   show
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Articulating Surface of the Condyle   show
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show notch located on the mandible between the condyle and coronoid porcess  
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show midline bony projections or the mental spines on the inner aspect of the mandible  
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show portion of the mandibular alveolar process just posterior to the most distal mandibular molar that is covered by the retomolar pad  
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show line on the inner aspect of the mandible  
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Sublingual Fossa   show
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Submandibular Fossa   show
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Mandibular Foramen   show
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show canal in the mandible where the inferior alveolar nerve and blood vessels travel  
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Lingula   show
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Mylohyoid Groove   show
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show portion of the head of the condyle that articulates with the temporal bone at the temporomandibular joint  
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show depression on the anterior surface of the condyle of the mandible  
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show paired, filled cavities in bone that include the frontal, sphenoidal, ethmoidal, and maxillary sinuses  
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show a condition in which the mucous membranes of the sinuses can become inflamed and congested with mucus  
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show inflammation of the sinuses from another source, such as an infection of the adjacent teeth  
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Frontonasal Duct   show
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Cervical Vertebrae   show
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Vertical Foramen   show
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Transverse Foramen   show
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Transverse Process   show
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Atlas   show
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show lateral portions of the first cervical vertebra where it articulates with the occipital bone above and the axis below  
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Anterior Arch   show
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Posterior Arch   show
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Superior Articular Processes   show
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Inferior Articular Processes   show
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show second cervical vertebra, which articulates with the first and third cervical vertebrae  
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Dens   show
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show bone suspended in the neck that allows the attachment of many muscles  
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Body of the Hyoid Bone   show
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Greater Cornu   show
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show pair of projections of the hyoid bone  
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