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Lab Week 2
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
06/15/2010

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Tuberosity
Definition
large rounded projection; top of shin (bone to muscle)
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Crest
Definition
narrow ridge; line of the shin (bone to muscle)
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Trochanter
Definition
blunt, irregular process; top lateral side of femur (bone to muscle)
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Line
Definition
narrow ridge, less prominant than crest; connects the tronchanters in the femur(bone to muscle)
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Tubercle
Definition
small, rounded projection/process; lower medial of femur (bone to muscle)
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Epicondyle
Definition
above a condyle; lower medial femur (bone to muscle)
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spine
Definition
sharp, slender projection; vertebre (bone to muscle)
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head
Definition
Bony expansion on narrow neck; vertebra (bone to bone)
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facet
Definition
smooth, nearly flat articular surface; front of ribs (bone to bone)
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condyle
Definition
rounded articular projection; top of jaw (bone to bone)
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Ramus
Definition
arm-like, bar of bone; side of jaw (bone to bone)
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meatus
Definition
canal passageway; bottom of cranium
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fossa
Definition
shalow, basin-like bone depression; back of cranium
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groove
Definition
furrow; side of jaw
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fissure
Definition
narrow, slit-like opening
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foramen
Definition
round, oval opening; nasal passageway in cranium
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long bone
Definition
where length of the bone is bigger than the width (femur)
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flat bones
Definition
length and width is longer than depth (scapulae)
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irregular
Definition
no exact shape or classification;
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sesamoid
Definition
short bones formed in tendons; patella
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Wormian/sutural bones
Definition
the bones fused together on the head
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