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| What is a process? How does it show up on a radiograph? |
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Definition
| prominence or projection, radiopaque |
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| What is a ridge? How does it show up on a radiograph? |
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| Linear prominence or projection, radiopaque |
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| What is a spine? How does it show up on a radiograph? |
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Definition
| sharp, thornlike projection, radiopaque |
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Term
| What is a tubercle? How does it show up on a radiograph? |
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Definition
| small bump or nodule, radiopaque |
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| What is a tuberosity? How does it show up on radiographs? |
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Definition
| rounded prominence, radiopaque |
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Term
| What is a conchae? How does it show up on radiographs? |
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| What is a canal? How does it show up on radiographs? |
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Definition
| tube-like passageway through bone that contains nerves and bloodvessles, radiolucent |
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Term
| What is a foramen? How does it show up on radiographs? |
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Definition
| Opening or hole that permits the passage or nerves and blood vessels, radiolecent |
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Term
| What is a fossa? How does it appear on radiographs? |
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Definition
| broad, shallow, scooped out, or depessed area, radiolucent |
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Term
| What is a sinus? How does it appear on radiographs |
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Definition
| hollow space, cavity, or recess, radiolucent |
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Term
| What are the two types of bone that make up aveolar bone? |
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Definition
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Definition
| dense outer layer of bone, radiopaque |
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| What is cancellous bone?> |
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Definition
| soft spongy bone located between two laters cortical bone, mostly radiolucent |
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Definition
| bony structure that divides two cavities, radiopaque |
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Definition
| immovable joint representing a line of union between ajoining bones of the skull, radiolucent |
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