| Term | Definition |
|---|
| acetabul- | [vinegar cup] depression of the coxa that articulates with the head of the femur |
| ax- | [axis] upright portion |
| -blast | [budding] cell that will form bone tissue |
| carp- | [wrist] wrist bones |
| -clast | [break] cell that breaks down bone tissue |
| condyl- | [knob] rounded, bony process |
| corac- | [a crow's beak] beak-like process of the scapula |
| cribr- | [sieve] portion of the ethmoid bone with many small openings |
| crist- | [crest] bony ridge that projects upward into the cranial cavity |
| fov- | [pit] pit in the head of a femur |
| glen- | [joint socket] depression in the scapula that articulates with the head of the humerus |
| inter- | [among, between] structure located between |
| intra- | [inside] bone that forms within sheetlike masses of connective tissue |
| meat- | [passage] canal of the temporal bone that leads inward to parts of the ear |
| odont- | [tooth] tooth-like process of the second cervical vertebra |
| poie- | [make, produce] process by which blood cells are formed |
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