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Many anatomical terms descriptive of bone are defined in anatomical terminology, and are often derived from Greek and Latin.[1]

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Anatomical terminology

Anatomical terminology is a form of scientific terminology used by anatomists, zoologists, and health professionals such as doctors, physicians, and pharmacists. Anatomical terms of bone and Anatomical terminology are human anatomy.

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Anatomical terms of muscle

Anatomical terminology is used to uniquely describe aspects of skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle such as their actions, structure, size, and location. Anatomical terms of bone and Anatomical terms of muscle are anatomical terminology and human anatomy.

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Anatomy

Anatomy is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomical terms of bone and Anatomy are anatomical terminology.

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Ankle

The ankle, the talocrural region or the jumping bone (informal) is the area where the foot and the leg meet.

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Artery

An artery is a blood vessel in humans and most other animals that takes oxygenated blood away from the heart in the systemic circulation to one or more parts of the body.

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Bone

A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Anatomical terms of bone and bone are bones.

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Bone marrow

Bone marrow is a semi-solid tissue found within the spongy (also known as cancellous) portions of bones.

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Bony labyrinth

The bony labyrinth (also osseous labyrinth or otic capsule) is the rigid, bony outer wall of the inner ear in the temporal bone.

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Costovertebral joints

The costovertebral joints are the joints that connect the ribs to the vertebral column.

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Diaphysis

The diaphysis (diaphyses) is the main or midsection (shaft) of a long bone.

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Dutch language

Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.

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Ear canal

The ear canal (external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus, EAM) is a pathway running from the outer ear to the middle ear.

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Elbow

The elbow is the region between the upper arm and the forearm that surrounds the elbow joint.

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Epiphyseal plate

The epiphyseal plate, epiphysial plate, physis, or growth plate is a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone.

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Epiphysis

An epiphysis (epiphyses) is one of the rounded ends or tips of a long bone that ossify from a secondary center of ossification.

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Femoral head

The femoral head (femur head or head of the femur) is the highest part of the thigh bone (femur).

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Femur

The femur (femurs or femora), or thigh bone is the only bone in the thigh.

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Fibula

The fibula (fibulae or fibulas) or calf bone is a leg bone on the lateral side of the tibia, to which it is connected above and below.

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Flat bone

Flat bones are bones whose principal function is either extensive protection or the provision of broad surfaces for muscular attachment.

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Foramen magnum

The foramen magnum (great hole) is a large, oval-shaped opening in the occipital bone of the skull.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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Germanic languages

The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa.

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Greater trochanter

The greater trochanter of the femur is a large, irregular, quadrilateral eminence and a part of the skeletal system.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Human body

The human body is the entire structure of a human being. Anatomical terms of bone and human body are human anatomy.

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Humerus

The humerus (humeri) is a long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow.

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Hyaline

A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance.

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Irregular bone

The irregular bones are bones which, from their peculiar form, cannot be grouped as long, short, flat or sesamoid bones.

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Jaw

The jaws are a pair of opposable articulated structures at the entrance of the mouth, typically used for grasping and manipulating food.

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Joint

A joint or articulation (or articular surface) is the connection made between bones, ossicles, or other hard structures in the body which link an animal's skeletal system into a functional whole.

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Lesser trochanter

In human anatomy, the lesser trochanter is a conical, posteromedial, bony projection from the shaft of the femur.

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Long bone

The long bones are those that are longer than they are wide.

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Mandible

In jawed vertebrates, the mandible (from the Latin mandibula, 'for chewing'), lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lowerand typically more mobilecomponent of the mouth (the upper jaw being known as the maxilla).

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In the human brain, the rhomboid fossa is divided into symmetrical halves by a median sulcus which reaches from the upper to the lower angles of the fossa and is deeper below than above.

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The medial epicondyle of the humerus is an epicondyle of the humerus bone of the upper arm in humans.

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Medullary cavity

The medullary cavity (medulla, innermost part) is the central cavity of bone shafts where red bone marrow and/or yellow bone marrow (adipose tissue) is stored; hence, the medullary cavity is also known as the marrow cavity.

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Membranous labyrinth

The membranous labyrinth is a collection of fluid filled tubes and chambers which contain the receptors for the senses of equilibrium and hearing.

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In human anatomy, the metacarpal bones or metacarpus, also known as the "palm bones", are the appendicular bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the phalanges (fingers) and the carpal bones (wrist bones), which articulate with the forearm.

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The metaphysis (metaphyses) is the neck portion of a long bone between the epiphysis and the diaphysis.

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The metatarsal bones or metatarsus (metatarsi) are a group of five long bones in the midfoot, located between the tarsal bones (which form the heel and the ankle) and the phalanges (toes).

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Mnemonic

A mnemonic device or memory device is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval in the human memory, often by associating the information with something that is easier to remember.

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Muscle

Muscle is a soft tissue, one of the four basic types of animal tissue.

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Nerve

A nerve is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of nerve fibers (called axons) in the peripheral nervous system.

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Old English

Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Patella

The patella (patellae or patellas), also known as the kneecap, is a flat, rounded triangular bone which articulates with the femur (thigh bone) and covers and protects the anterior articular surface of the knee joint.

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Phalanx bone

The phalanges (phalanx) are digital bones in the hands and feet of most vertebrates.

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Process (anatomy)

In anatomy, a process (processus) is a projection or outgrowth of tissue from a larger body.

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Protuberance

Protuberance may refer to.

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Pubis (bone)

In vertebrates, the pubis or pubic bone (os pubis) forms the lower and anterior part of each side of the hip bone.

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Radius (bone)

The radius or radial bone (radii or radiuses) is one of the two large bones of the forearm, the other being the ulna.

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Ramus communicans

Ramus communicans (rami communicantes) is the Latin term used for a nerve which connects two other nerves, and can be translated as "communicating branch".

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Sacrum

The sacrum (sacra or sacrums), in human anatomy, is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spine that forms by the fusing of the sacral vertebrae (S1S5) between ages 18 and 30.

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Sella turcica

The sella turcica (Latin for 'Turkish saddle') is a saddle-shaped depression in the body of the sphenoid bone of the human skull and of the skulls of other hominids including chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans.

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Sesamoid bone

In anatomy, a sesamoid bone is a bone embedded within a tendon or a muscle.

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Short bone

Short bones are designated as those bones that are more or less equal in length, width, and thickness.

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Shoulder

The human shoulder is made up of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone) as well as associated muscles, ligaments and tendons.

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Skull

The skull is a bone protective cavity for the brain.

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Sphenoid bone

The sphenoid bone is an unpaired bone of the neurocranium.

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Spinal cord

The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue that extends from the medulla oblongata in the brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column (backbone) of vertebrate animals.

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Third trochanter

In human anatomy, the third trochanter is a bony projection occasionally present on the proximal femur near the superior border of the gluteal tuberosity.

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Tibia

The tibia (tibiae or tibias), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects the knee with the ankle.

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Transverse plane

The transverse plane (also known as the horizontal plane, axial plane and transaxial plane) is an anatomical plane that divides the body into superior and inferior sections.

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Tuber

Tubers are a type of enlarged structure that plants use as storage organs for nutrients, derived from stems or roots.

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Tubercle

In anatomy, a tubercle (literally 'small tuber', Latin for 'lump') is any round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on external or internal organs of a plant or an animal. Anatomical terms of bone and tubercle are human anatomy.

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Tubercle (bone)

In the skeleton of humans and other animals, a tubercle, tuberosity or apophysis is a protrusion or eminence that serves as an attachment for skeletal muscles.

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Ulna

The ulna or ulnar bone (ulnae or ulnas) is a long bone in the forearm stretching from the elbow to the wrist.

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Vein

Veins are blood vessels in the circulatory system of humans and most other animals that carry blood towards the heart.

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Vertebra

Each vertebra (vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column or spine, of vertebrates.

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See also

Anatomical terminology

Bones

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_bone

Also known as Bone shaft, Bone terminology.

, Ramus communicans, Sacrum, Sella turcica, Sesamoid bone, Short bone, Shoulder, Skull, Sphenoid bone, Spinal cord, Third trochanter, Tibia, Transverse plane, Tuber, Tubercle, Tubercle (bone), Ulna, Vein, Vertebra.