Bone Terminology

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Bone Terminology
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Bone Terminology

• Process
• A prominent projection
• Example coronoid process
• Example zygomatic process
• Example styloid process
• Example mastoid process
• Condyle
• A rounded process which articulates with another
  bone
• Example occipital condyle
• Example femur
• Crest
• Narrow, ridge-like projection
• Example iliac crest
• Epicondyle
• Projection located above a condyle
• Example humerous
• Example femur

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Skull (lateral)
RETURN
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Skull (lateral)
RETURN
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Skull (lateral)
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Skull (inferior)
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Skull (sagittal)
RETURN
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Skull (lateral)
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Skull (inferior)
RETURN
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Skull (inferior)
RETURN
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Right Femur
Anterior
Posterior
RETURN
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Pelvis
RETURN
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Humerus (left)
RETURN
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Right Femur
Posterior
Anterior
RETURN
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Bone Terminology

• Facet
• Small flat surface
• Example vertebral column
• Fontanel
• Soft spot in immature skull
• Examples infant skull
• Foramen
• An opening through a bone
• Example foramen magnum
• Example vertebral and transverse foramina
• Fossa
• Deep depression
• Example humerous

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Vertebral Column
RETURN
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Infant Skull (lateral)
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Infant Skull (superior)
RETURN
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Skull (inferior)
RETURN
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Vertebral Column
RETURN
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Humerus (left)
RETURN
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Bone Terminology

• Fovea
• Shallow depression
• Example femur
• Head
• Enlargement at end of bone
• Example humerus
• Example femur
• Example radius/ulna
• Meatus
• A tube through a bone
• Example external auditory meatus
• Sinus
• Hollow cavity through a bone
• Example skull

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Right Femur
RETURN
Anterior
Posterior
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Humerus (left)
RETURN
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Right Femur
RETURN
Anterior
Posterior
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Radius and Ulna
RETURN
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Skull (lateral)
RETURN
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Skull (sagittal)
RETURN
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Bone Terminology

• Spine
• Thorn-like projection
• Example scapula
• Suture
• Union line between bones
• Example skull
• Trochanter
• Large process
• Example femur
• Tubercle
• Knob-like process
• Example humerus
• Tuberosity
• Large tubercle
• Example humerus
• Example radius/ulna

REVIEW
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Scapula (right posterior)
RETURN
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Skull (lateral)
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Skull (inferior)
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Skull (sagittal)
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Infant Skull (lateral)
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Infant Skull (superior)
RETURN
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Right Femur
RETURN
Anterior
Posterior
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Humerus (left)
RETURN
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Humerus (left)
RETURN
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Radius and Ulna
radius
ulna
RETURN
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Review
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Skull (lateral)
coronal suture
squamosal suture
lambdoidal suture
external auditory meatus
coronoid process
zygomatic process of temporal bone
mandibular condyle
styloid process
mastoid process
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Skull (inferior)
styloid process
styloid process
mastoid process
mastoid process
occipital condyle
occipital condyle
lambdoidal suture
lambdoidal suture
foramen magnum
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Skull (sagittal)
squamosal suture
frontal sinus
lambdoidal suture
styloid process
sphenoidal sinus
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Infant Skull (lateral)
coronal suture
anterior fontanel
posterior fontanel
sphenoid fontanel
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Infant Skull (superior)
sagittal suture
anterior fontanel
frontal suture
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Vertebral Column
transverse foramen
facet
transverse process
transverse process
vertebral foramen
facet
facet
spinous process
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Scapula (right posterior)
spine
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Humerus (left)
greater tubercle
head
lesser tubercle
deltoid tuberosity
olecranon fossa
coronoid fossa
lateral epicondyle
medial epicondyle
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Radius and Ulna
head of radius
radial tuberosity
radius
ulna
styloid process
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Right Femur
greater trocanter
fovea capitis
head
lesser trochanter
lateral epicondyle
medial epicondyle
lateral condyle
medial condyle
Anterior
Posterior
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Credits

• Vitruvian Man http//www.guide-to-symbols.com/vi
  truvian/
• Lateral skull http//www.upstate.edu/cdb/grossan
  at/hnsklat.shtml
• Inferior skull http//med.stanford.edu/interactiv
  eimages/anatomylesson/skull.html
• Sagittal skull http//www.waukesha.uwc.edu/lib/r
  eserves/zoo234diagrams.html
• Pelvis http//www.boneclones.com/SC-028-PF.htm
• Infant skull lateral http//www.francecasts.com/c
  asts/humans/cranial/
• Infant skull superior http//faculty.clintoncc.su
  ny.edu/faculty/michael.gregory/files/Bio20102/Bio
  2010220lectures/Motor20Systems/motor.htm
• Vertebral Column http//www.spineuniverse.com/di
  splayarticle.php/article1286.html
• Scapula http//biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Labs
  /Anatomy__Physiology/AP201/Skeletal/selected_bon
  es/Bone_Features.html
• Humerus http//www.anatomyatlases.org/atlasofanat
  omy/plate05/06lhumerousdorsal.shtmlFemur, Tibia
  http//www.palmer082.com/1stTri.htm