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General Terms Skeletal Anatomy
What do the words like Fossa and Foramen mean?
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Anatomy
11th Grade
10/11/2016

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foramen/foramina
Definition
A hole. [image]
Example:Greater Palatine foramina
Term
fissure
Definition
A crack or elongated hole.
Example: Superior Orbital fissure [image]
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process
Definition
A "sticky out your thingy".
Example: A bone that juts out or protrudes, like the Styloid process in the picture. [image]
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condyle
Definition
A rounded articular surface. [image]
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epicondyle
Definition
A process above a condyle.
Term
head
Definition
A spherical articular surface.
[image]
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facet
Definition
A flat surface or flat articular surface.
Example: the Carpal bones
[image]
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fossa
Definition
A concave surface.
Example: The Glenoid fossa
[image]
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tubercle
Definition
A rough spot on bone for muscles to attach to.
[image]
Example: tuberculum tubercle [image]
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tuberosity
Definition
A big rough spot for muscles to attach to. Example:the radial tuberosity[image]
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trochanter
Definition
A huge rough spot for muscles to attach to. Example:the Great Trochanter of the Femur
[image]
Term
trochlea
Definition
A hinge.
Example: trochlea of Humerus
[image]
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meatus
Definition
A canal.
Example:the auditory meatus or ear hole
[image]
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ramus
Definition
A branch.
Example: the ramus of the mandible.
[image]
Term
sinus
Definition
A sac or cavity in any organ or tissue.
[image]
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spine
Definition
A sharp process.
Example:Anterior Iliac Spine is painful to fall on.
Term
concave
Definition
Something hollow, like a cave.
[image]
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convex
Definition
A line or shape that is curving outwards, not inwards.
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foramen
Definition
A hole. [image]
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