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Bone Definitions and Examples
Chapter 7
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
03/08/2014

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Cards

Term
Example of Long Bones
Definition

Humerus
Tibia

Fibia

Metacarpals

Phalanges 


Weight bearing

Term
Example of short bones
Definition

Carpals

 

Tarsals

Term
Examples of flat bones
Definition

Sternum
Cranial Bones
Scapula
Coccyl

 

Intramembranous

 

Stay as red bone marrow with age
 

 

Term
Examples of irregular bones
Definition

Vertebrae

 

Facial

Term
Example of sesamoid bone
Definition

Patella

 

Protects the tendons

Term
Example of sutural bones
Definition

Superior Cranial area

 

Not everyone has them

Term
Angle
Definition

Corner

 

(Where it comes to a point)

Term
Body
Definition
Main part
Term
Condyle
Definition

Round part

 

Condyles have cartilage on them

Term
Epicondyle
Definition
Bump above condyle
Term
Facet
Definition
Smooth surface
Term
Fissure
Definition
Groove
Term
Foramen
Definition
Hole
Term
Fossa
Definition

Depression

 

(Subscapular fossa)

Term
Head
Definition
Epiphysis of bone
Term
Margin
Definition
Edge
Term
Meatus
Definition
Tube
Term
Neck
Definition
Narrowed portion
Term
Notch
Definition
V-shaped depression
Term
Process
Definition

Projection

 

(Anything that sticks out)

Term
Ramus
Definition
Curved
Term
Sinus
Definition
Cavity
Term
Sulcus
Definition
Groove

(Deeper than a fissure)
Term
Tubercle
Definition
Small, round projection (bump)
Term
Tuberostiy
Definition
Medium-sized bump
Term
Trochanter
Definition
Large bump
Term
Suture
Definition
Joins bones together
Term
Coronal suture
Definition
Separates the frontal and parietal
Term
Sagittal suture
Definition
Separates the two parietal bones
Term
Lambdoid suture
Definition
Separates the parietal and occipital
Term
Squamous suture
Definition
Separates the parietal and temporal
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