ANAT 150 Chapter 7 Skeletal System Terminology

Question 1

Body

Answer 1

Main part of bone

Question 2

Head

Answer 2

Enlarged end

Question 3

Neck

Answer 3

Constriction between head and body

Question 4

Margin/border

Answer 4

Edge

Question 5

Angle

Answer 5

Natural bend

Question 6

Ramus

Answer 6

Branch off body

Question 7

Condyle

Answer 7

Smooth round articular surface

Question 8

Facet

Answer 8

Small flattened articular surface

Question 9

Process

Answer 9

Prominent projection (ex: styloid = stylus like)

Question 10

Tubercle

Answer 10

Small rounded bump

Question 11

Tuberosity

Answer 11

Knob

Question 12

Trochanter

Answer 12

Tuberosity on proximal femur (thigh bone)

Question 13

Epicondyle

Answer 13

Near/above condyle

Question 14

Hamulus

Answer 14

Hook-shaped process

Question 15

Cornu

Answer 15

Horn-shaped process

Question 16

Line/linea

Answer 16

Low ridge

Question 17

Crest/crista

Answer 17

Prominent ridge

Question 18

Spine

Answer 18

Very high ridge

Question 19

Foramen

Answer 19

Hole

Question 20

Canal/meatus

Answer 20

Tunnel (hole through bone)

Question 21

Fissure

Answer 21

Cleft

Question 22

Sinus/labyrinth

Answer 22

Cavity (ex: frontal sinus bone)
(labyrinth = cavities in ear)

Question 23

Fossa

Answer 23

Term for a depression

Question 24

Notch

Answer 24

Depression in bone margin

Question 25

Fovea

Answer 25

Little pit

Question 26

Groove/sulcus

Answer 26

Deeper, narrow depression

Question 27

Plural form for Ramus

Answer 27

Rami

Question 28

Plural form for Foramen

Answer 28

Foramina

Question 29

Plural form for Fossa

Answer 29

Fossae

Question 30

Plural form for Sulcus

Answer 30

Sulci