CH. 7 AXIAL(part 2)
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- Depressions/ openings
- sites allowing the passage of soft tissue or formation of joints
- Fissure
- A slit-like opening
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Depressions/ openings
(EXAMPLE) - nerves, blood vessels, ligaments, tendons
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Fissure
(EXAMPLE) - Superior orbital fissure of the sphenoid bone
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Foramen
(EXAMPLE) - Optic foramen of the sphenoid bone
- Foramen
- Opening (hole) through which blood vessels, nerves or ligaments pass
- Sulcus
- Furrow (groove) along a bone surface that accommodates a blood vessel, nerve, or tendon
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Sulcus
(EXAMPLE) - Intertubercular sulcus of the humerous
- Fossa
- Shallow Depression or trench
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Fossa
(EXAMPLE) - Coronoid fossa of the humerus
- Meatus
- Tubelike opening or passageway
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Meatus
(EXAMPLE) - External auditory meatus of the temporal bone
- Processes of joints
- Projections or outgrowths on bone that form joints or attachment points for conn. tissue
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Processes of joints
(EXAMPLE) - ligament and tendons
- Condyle
- Large, round protuberance (knuckle) at the end of a bone
- Fovea
- A pit
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Fovea
(EXAMPLE) - Fovea capitus on femur head
- Sinus
- Cavity
- Facet
- smooth flat articular suface
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Facet
(EXAMPLE) - Superior articular facet of a vertabra
- Head
- rounded articular projection supported on the neck of a bone.
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Head
(EXAMPLE) - Head of the femur
- Crest
- Prominent border or ridge
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Crest
(EXAMPLE) - Illiac crest of the hip bone
- Epicondyle
- Projection above a condyle
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Epicondyle
(EXAMPLE) - Medial epicondyle of the femur
- Line
- Less prominent border or ridge, narrow and long
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Line
(EXAMPLE) - Linea aspera of the femur
- Spinous process or spine
- sharp slender projection
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Spinous process or spine
(EXAMPLE) - Spinous process of vertabra
- Trochanter
- Large blunt projection
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Trochanter
(EXAMPLE) - Greater trochanter of the femur
- Tubercle
- Small rounded process
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Tubercle
(EXAMPLE) - Greater tubercle of the humerus
- Tuberosity
- Large rounded usually roughned projection