Surface features of bones Chap. 10
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 non articulating surfaces: trochanter | Very large, irregularly shaped process found only on femur greater (answer) of the femur |
| Sites of muscle and ligament attachment: tubercle | small, rounded process (answer) of the femur |
| Sites of muscle and ligament attachment: tuberosity | large, rounded process (answer) of the humerus |
| projections that form joints: condyle | rounded, articulating knob (answer) of the humerus |
| projections that form joints: head | prominent, rounded, articulating end of a bone (answer) of femur |
| sites for blood vessel, nerve, and duct passage: foramen | rounded opening through and nerves a bone to accommodate blood vessels (answer) of the skull through which cranial nerves pass |
| sites for blood vessel, nerve, and duct passage: fissure | narrow, slitlike opening (answer) of the sphenoid bone |
| sites for blood vessel, nerve, and duct passage: meatus | opening or passage into a bone external auditory (answer) of the temporal bone |
| sites for blood vessel, nerve, and duct passage: sinus | cavity or hollow space in a bone cavity of the front (answer) containing a duct that carries secretions of the upper part of the nasal cavity |
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