General Anatomy · Digestive System · Medium
Bolus
Meaning: A soft mass of chewed food or a single dose of medication.
In practice: Before you swallow, your tongue forms food into a bolus.
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Which word means: Raised, roughened area on a bone where a tendon or ligament attaches.
Answer: Tuberosity
Which word means: Small bone embedded within a tendon, like the patella or those beneath the first metatarsal head.
Answer: Sesamoid
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