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| General term for any BONY surface |
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| relatively LARGE, convex prominence usually involved in joints |
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| ROUNDED surface projecting from a bone by a neck ex: head of the condyle in mandible |
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| large, often rough prominence. Typically attachment areas for muscles or tendons. ex: maxillary tuberosity |
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| Shaped like a BRIDGE with a bowlike outline ex. zygomatic arch |
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| Hornlike prominence. ex: lesser and greater cornu in HYOID BONE |
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rounded elevation on bony surface
ex: frontal eminence |
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| prominent, often roughened border or ridge |
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| straight small ridge ex: superior/inferior temporal line |
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| abrupt prominence of the bone that may be a blunt or sharply pointed PROJECTION |
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| an indentation at the edge of a bone (depression) |
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| shallow DEPRESSION or groove that usually marks the course of an artery or nerve |
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| deeper depression on a bony surface. Can be portions of joints, be attachment areas for muscles, or have other functions |
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| short, window like opening in the bone. ex: temporal fosssa |
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| longer, narrow, tubelike opening the bone |
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| narrow, cleftlike opening in a bone. ex: superior orbital fissure |
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| small opening, especially as an entrance into a hollow organ or canal. ex: ostium of maxillary sinus |
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| opening or orifice in bone. ex: piriform aperture |
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| area of the skeleton where the bones are joined to each other |
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| What kind of structure can articulations become? |
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| An immovable or moveable type of joint. |
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| union of bones by fibrous tissue. Appear on dry skull as jagged lines. Considered immovable |
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