Anatomical Terminology Flashcards
what is the median plane?
vertical plane passing longitudinally through the body, dividing into equal left and right parts
What is a Sagital Plane?
A Vertical plane passing horizontally through the body parallel to the median plane
What is the Coronal Plane?
Passes perpendicularly to the median plane dividing the body into anterior and posterior parts
What is the horizontal/Transverse plane?
divides the body into superior and inferior parts. Is perpendicular to the median and Coronal planes.
A Fissure is…
A narrow cleft-like opening between adjacent parts of bone through which nerves and blood vessels pass
A Foramen is..
An opening for the passage of blood vessels and nerves
What is a Fossa?
Depression in or on the bone
Sulcus (Groove) is a…
Long narrow depression, accommodating blood vessels, nerves and tendons
Meatus (Canal) is a…
Tube-like passageway within a bone
A sinus is a…
Air filled cavity within a bone
A notch is?
An indentation at the edge of a bone
What processes form a joint?
Head, Facet and a Condyle
What is a Condyle?
A large rounded articular prominence
What is a Facet?
A smooth flat surface
What is a Head?
Rounded articular projection, supported upon a constricted portion of the bone.
A Trochanter, Tubercle, Tuberosity, Linea, Process, Epicondyle and crest are all examples of?
Processes to which tendons, ligaments and other connective tissues attach to.
What is an epicondyle?
prominence above a condyle
What is a Linea?
less prominent ridge than a crest
What is a Process?
Sharp slender projection
Whats a Tuberosity?
large, rounded often roughened process.
A Tubercle is..
a small rounded process
What is a Trochanter?
A very large projection found only on the femur.
What is a crest?
A crest is a prominent ridge or border
