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Bone Markings and features
depressions
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Medical
Undergraduate 3
09/01/2014

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Term
fissure
Definition
cleft or deep groove
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foramen
Definition
hole in a bone for transmission of blood vessels and nerves
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fossa
Definition
pit, fovea, or hollow space
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groove
Definition
shallow linear channel
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meatus
Definition
tubelike passageway running within a bone
Term
notch
Definition
indentation into border of a bone
Term
sinus
Definition
recess, groove, cavity, or hollow space, such as(1) recess or groove in bone, as used to designate a channel for venous blood on inner surface of cranium;(2) air cavity in bone or hollow space in other tissue(used to designate a hollow space within a bone,as in paranasal sinuses);or (3) fistula or suppurating channel in soft tissues
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sulcus
Definition
furrow, trench, or fissurelike depression
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