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Skeletal System & Terms Reveiw

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diaphysis   tubular shaft of long bones  
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epiphysis   end portion of long bones  
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process   any projection or bump (coracoid process)  
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ramus   exension of bone making angle w/structure (vertical portion of mandible deep to masseter)  
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trochanter   large, rough projection - tendon or ligament attach (greater trochanter- gluteus medius, minimus and deep rotator muscles of femer attach)  
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tuberosity   small, rough projection - tendon or ligament attach (ischial tuberosity - sit bone, hamsrings, adductor magnus & sacrotuberous ligament attachment site)  
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tubercle   small round projection - tendon or ligament attach ( Lister's tubercle - dorsal surface of radial styloid process - extensor pollicis longus tendon attach)  
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epicondyle   projection (usually to side) on condyle - tendon or ligament attach -(epicondyles of humerus - medial site tendons of wrist & hand flexors. Lateral site for tendons of wrist & hand extensors.  
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crest   small round projection - tendon or ligament attach (pubic crest - rectus abdominis and abdominal aponeurosis)  
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line   low ridge - tendon or ligament attach (lina aspera on femur - Vastus Lateralis & Medialis attach)  
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spine   ridge - tendon or ligament attach (spine of scapula - posterior deltoid, middle and lower fibers of trapezius attach)  
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head -   articular end of epiphysis - articulation site bone to bone (head of radius - stablized by annular ligament - pivoting point for supination & pronation)  
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neck   between epiphysis and diaphysis  
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condyle   smooth rounded articular process articulation site bone to bone (femur)  
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trochlea   grooved articular process shaped like pulley - distal end of the humerus that articulates with the ulna.  
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facet   small, flat articular surface  
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fossa   shallow depression (infraspinous fossa)  
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sulus   narrow groove (depression)  
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foramen   passageway for vessles and nerves - opening (vertebral foramen)  
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canal   passage way through the substance of a bone - opening (vertebra canal for spinal nerve)  
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fissure   elogated cleft - opening  
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sinus   chamber within a bone - opening  
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long bones   long & slender (femur, tibula, fibula, humerus)  
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short bones   smal and boxy (carpals, tarsals)  
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flat bones   thin, parallel surfaces (sternum, ribs, scapula)  
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irregular bones   complex shapes (vetebrae, pelvis, skull)  
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sesamoid bones   smal,l flat, seed like (patella)  
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sutural bones   small, flat, irregular  
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long bones   arm, leg, hand, toes  
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short bones   carpals, tarsals  
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flat bones   sternum, rigs, scapula  
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irregular bones   vetebrae, pelvis, skull  
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sutural bones   between bones of skull  
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sesamoid bones   patella  
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anticubital   front of the elbow  
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cubital   forearm  
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crural   thigh  
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sural   calf of the leg  
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antibrachial   forearm  
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synarthrose   immovable joint  
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amphiarthrosis   slightly moveable joint  
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diarthrosis   freely moving joint  
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fibrous joint   synarthrose joint  
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cartilagenous joint   amphiarthrosis joint  
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synovial joint   diarthrosis joint  
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suctures joint   fibrous joint  
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symphyses   cartilagenous joint- An articulation in which bones are united by cartilage without a synovial membrane  
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ball & socket   synovial joint  
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gomphoses (roots of teeth)   synarthroses joint  
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intervertebral disc   amphiarthrosis joint  
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pivot joint (radius - ulnar)   diarthrosis joint  
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hinge joint (elbow, knee)   synovial joint  
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ellipsodial Joint (wrist)   synovial joint  
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saddle joint (carpal - metacarpal)   synovial joint  
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gliding joint (carpal - carpal)   synovial joint  
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meatus   body opening or passage, such as the opening of the ear (auditory meatus) or the urethral canal  
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nucleus pulposus   soft, fibrocartilaginous central portion of the intervertebral disk  
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Annulus fibrosus   A fibrous and cartilage ring that forms the circumference of a vertebrae  
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endosteum   cells lining the medullary cavity of a bone  
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periosteum   dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones except at the joints  
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retinaculum   holds organ or tissue in place  
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galabella   inner eye (CV1)  
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