bones stuff Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| long bone | long, compact bone |
| short bone | cube-shaped, contain more spongy |
| flat bone | thin, compact sandwiching spongy |
| irregular | do not fall into any other categories |
| sesamoid bones | short bones in tendons |
| tuberosity | large, rounded projection, may be roughened |
| crest | narrow ridge of bone |
| trochanter | femur: large, blunt, irregular |
| line | narrow ridge of bone; less prom. than crest |
| tubercle | small-rounded projection |
| epicondyle | raised area on or above a condyle |
| spine | sharp, tender, often pointed |
| process | prominence of projection |
| head | bony expansion carried on a narrow neck |
| facet | smooth, nearly flat articular surface |
| condyle | rounded articular projection |
| ramus | armlike bar of bone |
| sinus | space within a bone, filled with air, lined with mucous |
| meatus | canal-like passageway |
| fossa | shallow, basin-like depression in a bone |
| groove | furrow |
| fissure | narrow, slit-like opening |
| foramen | round, oval opening through a bone |
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