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Bony Prominences, Depression, Articulations, and Openings
Bony Prominences, Depression, Articulations, and Openings related to the skull
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 3
04/12/2016

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Term
Process
Definition

General Term for any prominence

Example: Aveolar Process

Term
Condyle
Definition

An oval prominence usally involved in joints

Example: Mandibular Condyle

Term
Tuberosity
Definition

large and oftem rough prominence

Example: Maxillary tuberocity

 

Term
Arch
Definition

shaped like a bridge with a bowlike outline

Example: Zygomatic Arch

Term
Cornu
Definition

Horn-like prominence

Examples: hyoid, coccyx

Term
Tubercle/Eminence
Definition

rounded evaluation on bony surface

Example: genial tubercles

Term
Crest
Definition

prominent, often roughened border or ridge

Example: external oblique line

Term
Line
Definition

Small stright ridge

Example: mylohyoid line

Term
Line
Definition

Small stright ridge

Example: mylohyoid line

Term
Spine
Definition

abrupt prominence that may be blunt or sharply pointed

Example: lingula

Term
Notch/Incisura
Definition

An indentation at the edge of the bone

Example: Coronoid notch

Term
Sulus (sulci)
Definition
A shallow depression or groove
Term
Fossa (fossae)
Definition

A deeper depression

Example: Temporal Fossa

Term
Articulation
Definition
An area where bones are joint to each other
Term
Joint
Definition

site of a junction between two or more bones

Example: TMJ

Term
Suture
Definition

Union of bones by fibrous tissue; Immovable

Example: Cranial sutures

Term
Foramen (foramina)
Definition

A short window-like opening

Example: Mandibular foramen

Term
Canal
Definition

A long, narow, tube-like opening

Example: Mandibular canal

Term
Meatus
Definition

Type of canal

Example: External auditory meatus

Term
Fissure
Definition

Narrow, cleft-like opening

Example: superior orbital fissure

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Ostium (ostia)
Definition
a small opening, especially as an entrance to a hallow organ or canal
Term
Aperture
Definition
An opening or orifice
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