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19 Cards in this Set
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Tuberosity
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Large rounded projection; may be roughened
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Sites of muscle and ligament attachment
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Crest
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Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent
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Sites of muscle and ligament attachment
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Trochanter
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Very large blunt, irregularly shaped process (the only examples are on the femur)
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Sites of muscle and ligament attachment
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Line
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Narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest
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Sites of muscle and ligament attachment
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Tubercle
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Small rounded projection or process
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Sites of muscle and ligament attachment
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Epicondyle
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Raised area on or above a condyle
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Sites of muscle and ligament attachment
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Spine
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Sharp, slender, often pointed projection
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Sites of muscle and ligament attachment
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Process
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Any bony prominence
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Sites of muscle and ligament attachment
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Head
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Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck
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Projections that help to form joints
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Facet
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Smooth, nearly flat articular surface
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Projections that help to form joints
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Condyle
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Rounded articular projection
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Projections that help to form joints
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Ramus
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Armlike bar of bone
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Projections that help to form joints
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Grove
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Furrow
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Depressions and Openings for passage of blood vessels or nerves
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Fissure
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Narrow, slitlike opening
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Depressions and Openings for passage of blood vessels or nerves
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Foramen
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Round or oval opening through a bone
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Depressions and Openings for passage of blood vessels or nerves
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Notch
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Indentation at the edge of a structure
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Depressions and Openings for passage of blood vessels or nerves
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Meatus
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Canal-like passageway
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Depressions and Openings
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Sinus
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Cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane
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Depressions and Openings
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Fossa
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Shallow, basinlike depression in a bone, often serving as a articular surface
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Depressions and Openings
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