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Bones
Lab 1
Term | Definition |
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condyle | Round process that usually articulates with another bone |
crest | Narrow, ridgeline projection |
epicondyle | projection situated above a condyle |
facet | Small, nearly flat surface |
fissure | Cleft or groove |
fontanel | Soft spot in the skull where membranes cover the space between bones |
foramen | Opening through a bone that usually serves as a passageway for blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments |
Fossa | Relatively deep pit or depression |
fovea | Tiny pit or depression |
head | Enlargement on the end of a bone |
linea | Narrow ridge |
meatus | tubelike passageway within a bone |
process | Prominent projection of a bone |
ramus | Branch or similar extension |
sinus | Cavity within a bone |
spine | Thorndike projection |
suture | Interlocking line of union between bones |
trochanter | Relatively large process |
tubercle | Small, knoblike process |
tuberosity | Knoblike process usually larger than a tubercle |