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Frequently Used Terms in Osteology
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 3
08/30/2007

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Base
Definition
The lowest portion or foundation of a structure.
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Body
Definition
1. The head, neck, trunk, and extermities. 2. The principal part of a structure, such as the broadest or lonest mass of a bone or muscle.
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Cavity
Definition
A hollow space or depression.
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Condyle
Definition
A rounded knob on the end of a bone which is usually for articulation with another bone.
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Coracoid/Coronoid
Definition
Shaped like a crow's beak. The coracoid process in on the scapula, the mandible and ulna have coronoid processes.
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Crest
Definition
A narrow, but prominent, ridge of bone.
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Epicondyle
Definition
A prominence on a bone that is above or upon a condyle.
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Facet
Definition
A small, smooth, plane surface, usually used for an articulation.
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Fissure
Definition
A furrow, cleft, or a slit.
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Foramen, plural Foramina
Definition
An opening or hole in a structure.
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Fossa, plural Fossae
Definition
A small pit, hollow, or depression.
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Fovea
Definition
A small cup-shaped depression or pit.
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Head
Definition
A terminal enlargement of a bone, usually related to a more constricted region, the neck.
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Hiatus
Definition
A gap or opening.
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Labium, plural Labia; Labrum, plural Labria
Definition
A lip-shaped structure.
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Lamina
Definition
A thin plate or flat layer.
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Meatus
Definition
A passage or channel, but especially the opening of a canal.
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Process
Definition
A projection or marked bony prominence.
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Protuberance
Definition
A swelling, projecting part, or process.
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Shaft
Definition
A long, slender portion of a structure, usually between two more-expanded regions.
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Sinus
Definition
A channel for the passage of blood or lymph or a hollow space (antrum) in bone or soft tissue.
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Spine, Spinous
Definition
A sharp, slender projection.
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Sulcus, plural Sulci
Definition
A furrow or groove.
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Trochanter
Definition
A large process for the attachment of muscles.
Term
Trochlea
Definition
A structure serving as a pulley or a smooth articular surface which is either spool (pulley)-shaped or articulates with a spool-shaped bone.
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Tubercle
Definition
A small, rounded process or eminence.
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Tuberosity
Definition
A large, broad process or eminence.
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