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What is a Process (bone marking)?

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Raised area, outgrowth or projection of bone (commonly used term)

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What is a Process (bone marking)? Raised area, outgrowth or projection of bone (commonly used term) What is the Body of a bone? Main portion of a bone What is an Angle (bone)? A rounded corner What is a Concha? Thin, scroll-like structure What is a Cornu? Horn shaped (think of a cornucopia) What is a Coronoid projection? Crown shaped projection of bone What does Costal mean? Pertaining to a rib What is an Eminence? Area projecting from another area What is a Margin (bone)? Edge of bone What is the Neck of a long bone? Constricted portion that separates head and shaft What is a Notch? Indented area What is a Ramus? Branch of bone What is a Styloid process? Slender, pointed process What is a Crest? Prominent narrow ridge What is a Line (bone marking)? Narrow ridge, less prominent than a crest What is an Epicondyle? Bump on or near a condyle What is a Spine (bone)? Sharp, slender process of bone What is a Tubercle? Small rounded process for tendon/ligament attachment What is a Tuberosity? Large oblong roughened process What is a Trochanter? Very large blunt irregular projection (only on femur) What is a Sulcus? Elongated groove What is a Foramen? Hole/opening in bone for nerves & blood vessels What is a Canal or Meatus? Tube-like passageway through bone What is a Sinus (bone)? Cavity within bone What is a Fossa? Depression in bone What is a Fovea? Shallow pit-like depression (smaller than fossa) What is a Fissure? Narrow slit-like opening What is a Condyle? Knob-like rounded bump that articulates with another bone What is a Facet? Flattened smooth articular surface What is a Suture? Immovable joint where cranial bones fuse What is a Fontanel? Membrane-covered area in fetal skull What is the Head of a bone? Rounded end usually attached to a narrow neck Name major sutures on lateral skull Coronal, Lambdoid, Squamous, Occipitomastoid, Sagittal What bone has Mastoid process, Styloid process, Zygomatic process? Temporal bone What is the external acoustic meatus? Opening in temporal bone What bone forms the forehead? Frontal bone (supraorbital notch, glabella) What is the Sella turcica? Saddle-shaped depression in sphenoid for pituitary What structure is Crista galli on? Ethmoid bone Largest foramen at base of skull Foramen magnum What bone has Greater/Lesser wings and Pterygoid processes? Sphenoid bone Parts of the Mandible Body, Ramus, Angle, Coronoid process, Condylar process, Mental foramen What bone has Alveolar margin and Infraorbital foramen? Maxilla How many Cervical vertebrae? 7 (C1-C7) How many Thoracic vertebrae? 12 (T1-T12) How many Lumbar vertebrae? 5 (L1-L5) What is unique about Atlas (C1)? No body, has anterior/posterior arches What is the Dens on? Axis (C2) What is C7 called? Vertebra prominens Which vertebrae have costal facets? Thoracic vertebrae True ribs are Ribs 1-7 (attach directly to sternum) What is the Manubrium? Superior part of sternum What is the Glenoid cavity on? Scapula What are the tubercles on the humerus? Greater and Lesser tubercles What bone has the Olecranon process? Ulna Proximal row of carpal bones Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetral, Pisiform What is the Acetabulum? Socket in hip bone for femur head What is the largest trochanter? Greater trochanter on femur What bone has the Medial malleolus? Tibia What is the heel bone? Calcaneus What tarsal bone articulates with tibia? Talus

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What is the Body of a bone?

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Main portion of a bone