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The Skeletal System
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
01/14/2014

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Term
Cranial
Definition
The head end
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Caudal
Definition
The tail end
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Ventral
Definition
The belly side
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Dorsal
Definition
The back side
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Superior
Definition
The upper portion which is above
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Inferior
Definition
The lower portion which is below
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Supra
Definition
Prefix meaning above
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Infra
Definition
Prefix meaning below
Term
Anterior
Definition
The forward surface toward the front
Term
Posterior
Definition
The rear surface toward the rear
Term
Medial
Definition
Refers to a location near the mid line than other location
Term
Lateral
Definition
Refers to a location farther from the mid line than other locations
Term
Proximal
Definition
Nearer the main axis of the body nearer the point of attachment
Term
Distal
Definition
Away from the main axis of the body away from the point of attachment.
Term
Superficial
Definition
At or near the surface
Term
Deep
Definition
Away from the surface
Term
Transverse or Cross
Definition
A plane that extends from left to right and from dorsal to ventral, giving cranial and caudal portions.
Term
Sagittal
Definition
A plane that extends from cranial dividing the body into right and left portions
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Midsagittal
Definition
A plane that extends from cranial to caudal passing through the midline to divide the body into right and left halves.
Term
Frontal or Coronal
Definition
A plane that extends from left to right and cranial to caudal, giving dorsal ad ventral portions
Term
Alveolus
Definition
A deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible
Term
Articulation
Definition
The junction of two bones
Term
Auricular
Definition
Ear shaped
Term
bifid
Definition
cleft into two parts or branches
Term
Canal, meatus
Definition
A passageway through a bone
Term
Capitulum
Definition
a little head
Term
Concha
Definition
A spiral structure like a seashell
Term
Condyle
Definition
A large smooth rounded articulation oval structure
Term
Coracoid
Definition
describing a projection shaped like a crows beak
Term
Coronoid
Definition
Describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point.
Term
Costal
Definition
associated with a part of the ribs
Term
Crest
Definition
A narrow, prominent ridge like projection
Term
Cribriform
Definition
perforated like a sieve
Term
Cuneiform
Definition
wedge shaped
Term
Demifacet
Definition
Half of a facet, part of a articular surface shared by two adjacent bones
Term
Diaphysis
Definition
The middle portion of a long bone, the shaft
Term
Eminence
Definition
an elevation or projection, especially on a bone.
Term
Epicondyle
Definition
A projection adjacent to a condyle
Term
Epiphysis
Definition
The end of a long bone
Term
Facet
Definition
a small flat shallow articulating surface
Term
Fissure
Definition
A narrow slit like opening through a bone
Term
Foramen
Definition
a rounded passageway through a bone
Term
fossa
Definition
a flattened or shallow depression
Term
fovea
Definition
a small depression
Term
glenoid
Definition
Shaped like a shallow socket
Term
head
Definition
a prominent rounded epiphysis
Term
Hiatus
Definition
a gap
Term
Lamina
Definition
a thin flat plate
Term
Line
Definition
a low ridge less prominent then a crest
Term
Malleolus
Definition
A club shaped or hammer shaped process
Term
Mastoid
Definition
breast shaped
Term
Neck
Definition
A constricted portion adjacent to a head
Term
Notch
Definition
An indentation or V-shaped depresion
Term
Nuchal
Definition
associated with the nape of the neck
Term
Pedicle
Definition
a supporting column or stalk
Term
Petrous
Definition
Like a rock
Term
Process
Definition
a projection, a bony prominence
Term
Poromontory
Definition
a high place
Term
Pterygoid
Definition
winglike
Term
Ramus
Definition
an angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure, a branch
Term
Septum
Definition
a partition
Term
sinus
Definition
A cavity or hollow space in a bone
Term
Squamous
Definition
flat scalelike
Term
Styloid
Definition
Pointed, pen like
Term
Sulcus
Definition
a narrow groove
Term
Suture
Definition
a line if union in an immovable articulation
Term
Trochanter
Definition
A massive rough projection found only on the femur
Term
Trochlea
Definition
a smooth grooved pulley like articular.
Term
Tubercle
Definition
A small rounded projection
Term
Tuberosity
Definition
a large rough projection
Term
Xiphoid
Definition
Shaped like a sword
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