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1
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what are the four basic surface feature categories?

A

elevations, depressions, tunnels or passageways and facets

2
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when do the surface features of bone become prominent?

A

during and after puberty

3
Q

what are the types of osseous linear elevations?

A

the line, ridge and crest

4
Q

what are the types of rounded osseous elevations?

A

tubercle, protuberance, trochanter, tuber or tuberosity and malleolus

5
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what are the categories of sharp osseous elevations?

A

spine and process

6
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what are the categories of osseous depressions?

A

linear and rounded depressions

7
Q

what are the categories of osseous linear depressions?

A

notch or incisure, groove and sulcus

8
Q

what are the categories of rounded osseous depressions?

A

the fovea and fossa

9
Q

what are the names given to openings on the surface of bone?

A

ostium or orifice and hiatus

10
Q

what are the names given to osseous ostia which completely penetrate bone?

A

foramen or canal

11
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what is the definition of an osseous foramen?

A

an ostium passing completely through a thin region of bone

12
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what is the definition of an osseous canal?

A

ostium passing completely through a thick region of bone

13
Q

what is the name given to an ostium which does not completely penetrate through a region of bone but appears as a blind-ended passageway?

A

meatus

14
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what is the definition of an osseous fissure?

A

irregular slit-like or crack-like appearance between the surfaces of adjacent bones

15
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what are the categories of osseous facets?

A

flat facets and rounded facets

16
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what are the categories of rounded osseous facets?

A

articular heads and articular condyles