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| a relatively large projection or prominent bump |
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| a large, rounded articular process |
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| an opening through a bone (can also be through tissue, ex. foramen ovale) |
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| any cleft or groove, normal or otherwise |
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| a narrow, linear hollow or depression |
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| a projection near a condyle but not a joint; often serves as point of muscle and ligament attachment |
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| general term for a groove, trench, or burrow |
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| a relatively long, thin projection or bump |
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| a small, angular cavity or pit (such as a tooth socket or air sac) |
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| an elongated rod-like structure such as the midsection of a long bone |
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| synonymous with line - long, thin projection, often with a rough surface |
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| a short canal that finishes as a dead end (entrance only) |
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| a projection or bump with a roughened surface, generally smaller than a tuberosity |
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| a broad, shallow depressed area |
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| synonymous with foramen - opening through a bone |
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| general term for the outer layer of an organ or body structure |
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| a large, round articular end (e.g., the head of the humerus) |
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| a projection or bump with a roughened surface |
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| a long, thin projection, often with a rough surface |
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| an indentation on the edge of a bone |
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| a small, flat articular (joint) surface |
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| point at which two intersecting borders or surfaces converge |
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| a long, tunnel-like foramen, usually a passage for notable nerves and blood vessels |
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| an extremely narrow tubular passage or channel |
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| consists of bones of the limbs, including those forming the pectoral (shoulder) and pelvic girdles |
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| consists of the bones of the head (cranium or skull), neck (hyoid bone and cervical vertebrae), and trunk (ribs, sternum, vertebrae and sacrum) |
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| consists of a branching network of trabeculae ("small beam", mesh-like network of rods w/i bone); trabeculae resist stress/strain |
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| gen. classification: found in limbs; length is greater that breadth |
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| tubular shaft of long bones |
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| rounded end of a long bone |
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| separates diaphysis and epiphysis during growth |
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part of the diaphysis that lies adjacent to the epiphyseal cartilage |
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| central cavity in the shaft of a long bone that contains bone marrow |
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| connective tissue sheath or membrane that lines the outside of bones (except joints of long bones) |
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| flexible tissue found inside of bones |
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| found in hand and foot; roughly cuboidal |
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| found in the vault of the skull; composed of thin inner and outer layers of compact bone separated by layer of cancellous bone |
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| inner and outer layer of compact bone in flat bones |
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| layer of cancellous bone separating outer and inner layer in flat bones |
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| bones w/ thin shell of compact bone w/ cancellous interior |
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| small nodules of bone found in certain tendons, small free surface w/ cartilage; reduces friction on the tendon |
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| fibrous membrane that cover cartilage, except on exposed joint surfaces |
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| connective tissue in which cells/ fibers embedded in gel-like matrix, allowing firmness and resiliency |
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| amorphous matrix + fibers; covers synovial joints, composes epiphyseal plates |
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| many collagen fibers in sm. amt. of matrix; joint discs |
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| elastic fibers + matrix; flexible |
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