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| An opening that allows passage of nerves or blood vessels |
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| a shallow depression in a bone |
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| a groove or furrow in a bone |
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a canal or tubelike passage
ex: interior and exterior acoustic meatus |
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a narrow slit
ex: orbital fissures on the sphenoid bone |
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| the flat portion of a bone |
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| a small, smooth surface or process for articulation |
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| lateral fold of bone that creates a more efficient circulation of inhaled air by increasing surface area |
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| spaces covered by tough membranes between the bones of an infant's skull |
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skeletal elements derived from embryonic gill arches
ex: hyoid and ear ossicles |
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| rounded, knuckle-like eminence on a bone that articulates with another bone |
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a raised, roughened surface for the attachment of a bone.
attachement of a bone surface |
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| a small, rounded process. a small eminence |
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| a very large process on the femur upon which muscle attach. |
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| a process supported by a neck |
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| a line remaining after two bones have fused together |
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branch-like structure on a bone
mandibular ramus |
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horn-shaped structure.
example: in the hyoid bone |
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