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epiphyseal

Front

epiphysis separates from the diaphysis along the epiphyseal plate; tends to occur where cartilage cells are dying and calcification of the matrix is occurring

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head

Front

bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

Back

tubercle

Front

small rounded projection or process

Back

spine

Front

sharp, slender, often pointed projection

Back

fossa

Front

Shallow, basinlike depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface

Back

meatus

Front

canal-like passageway

Back

sinus

Front

Cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane

Back

greenstick

Front

incomplete breaks incompletely, much in the way a green twig breaks. only one said of the shaft breaks; the other side bends; common in children, whose bones have relatively more organic matrix and are more flexible that those of adults

Back

depressed

Front

broken bone portion is pressed inward; typical of skull fracture

Back

sprial

Front

ragged break occurs when excessive twisting forces are applied to a bone; common sports fracture

Back

crest

Front

narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent

Back

trochanter

Front

very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process (the only examples are on the femur)

Back

fissure

Front

Narrow, slitlike opening

Back

groove

Front

furrow

Back

process

Front

any bony prominence

Back

condyle

Front

rounded articular projection, often articulates with a corresponding fossa

Back

compression

Front

bone is crushed; common in porous bones (i.e. osteoporotic bones) subject to extreme trauma as in a fall

Back

tuberosity

Front

large rounded projection; may be roughened

Back

line

Front

narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest

Back

notch

Front

indentation at the edge of a structure

Back

facet

Front

smooth, nearly flat articular surface

Back

foramen

Front

round or oval opening through a bone

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comminuted

Front

bone fragments into three or more pieces; particularly common in the aged, whose bones are more brittle

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epicondyle

Front

raised area on or above a condyle

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