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Foramen
an opening that allows passage of nerves or blood vessels
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Fossa
a shallow depression in a bone
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Sulcus
a grooce or furrow in a bone
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Meatus
a canal or tube-like passage
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Squama
the flat portion of a bone
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Facet
a small, smooth surface or process for articulation
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Concha
a lateral fold of bone that creates a more efficient circulation of inhaled air, by increasing surface area
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Fontanel
spaces covered by tough membranes (connective tissue) between the bones of an infant's skull
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Visceral Skeleton
skeletal elements delivered from embryonic gill arches, they include the hyoid bone and ear ossicles
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Foeva
a depression or pit
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Condyle
rounded, knuckle-like eminence on a bone that articulates with another bone
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Tuberosity
a raised, roughened surface for the attachment of muscles
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Tubercle
a small, rounded process, a small eminence
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Trochanter
a very large process on the femur upon which muscles attach
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Head
a process supported by a constricted neck
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Crest
a narrow ridge of bone
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Spine
a sharp, slender process
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Suture
a line remaining after 2 bones have joined together and fused
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Ramus
a branch-like structure on a bone
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Cronu
a horn shaped structure
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lesser horn of hyold bone
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greater wing of hyold bone
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