Anatomical Terms For Openings Etc Flashcards
What are the 4 main classifications?
Articulating surfaces
Depressions
Projections for tendon and ligament attachment
Openings and spaces
What are the names of the depressions?
Alveolus (pl. Alveoli)
Fossa (pl. Fossae)
Sulcus
What are the names of the projections for tendon and ligament attachment?
Crest Epicondyle Line Process Ramus (pl. Rami) Spine Trochanter Tubercle Tuberosity
What are the names of the articulating surfaces?
Condyle
Facet
Head
Trochlea
What are the names of openings and spaces?
Canal Fissure Foramen (pl. Foramina) Meatus Sinus
What are the name of the 5 spines of pelvic girdle?
Posterior superior iliac spine
Posterior inferior iliac spine
Anterior superior iliac spine
Anterior inferior iliac spine
Ischial spine
Name of 2 notches of pelvic girdle.
Greater sciatic notch
Lesser sciatic notch
Name the socket that houses the head of the femur.
Acetabulum
What is the opening of pelvic girdle that’s covered with connective tissue?
Opturator Foramen
Another word for hip bone
Coxal bone
What seperates greater sciatic notch and lesser sciatic notch?
Ischial spine
What are the two projections near ischium?
Ischial tuberosity
Ischial spine
Names of the four projections on ilium.
Posterior superior iliac spine
Posterior inferior iliac spine
Anterior superior iliac spine
Anterior inferior iliac spine
Which is more medial, the lesser trochanter of femur, or the greater trochanter?
Lesser trochanter
Name of the long rough line along posterior femur?
Linea Aspera
Structure between the lesser trochanter and greater trochanter on posterior femur?
Intertrochanteric crest
What is the struture between the lateral and medial condyles of the femur?
Intercondylar fossa
What are the smooth structures that articulate with the tibia to create the knee joint?
Medial condyle
Lateral condyle
What are the rough structures on distal end of femur that attach to ligaments?
Medial epicondyle
Lateral epicondyle
What is the small hole in head of femur?
Fovea capitis
How can you tell if femur is posterior or Anterior?
Posterior you see the Linea Aspera and
Intercondylar fossa and condyles very prominent
Anterior- no linea Aspera and
Intercondylar fossa and condyles are NOT very prominent
What are the large areas of both sides of ilium called? Medial and lateral.
Medial: iliac fossa
Lateral: gluteal surface
What is the large, laterally positioned hole (posterior view of hip bone with ligaments)?
Greater sciatic foramen
What is the small, lateral inferior positioned hole (posterior view of hip bone with ligaments) called?
Lesser sciatic foramen
What is the long ligament of anterior hip bone?
Inguinal ligament
What are the attachment sites of inguinal ligament?
Anterior superior iliac spine and pubic tubercle
What are the two ligaments on posterior hip bone?
Sacrospinous ligament
Sacrotuberous ligament
What are the attachment sites for sacrospinous ligament?
Sacral and ischial spine
What are the attachment sites for sacrotuberous ligament?
Sacrum and ischial tuberosity
Which bone of the hip is the one you sit on?
Ischial tuberosity
What will the inguinal ligament help us identify?
The femoral triangle
What are the names of the three hip bones?
Ilium
Ischium
Pubis
What bone is sesamoid?
Patella
3 bone components of the foot?
Tarsal
Metatarsal
Phalanges
How many tarsal bones in foot?
7
How many metatarsal bones in foot?
5
How many phalange bones in foot?
14
What is the name of the structure that holds the head of femur?
Acetabulum
What is the name of the structure in hip that has connective tissue covering it and is site for certain nerve?
Opturator foramen
What bone looks like a fancy X on hip bone (anteriorly)?
Pubis
What is the structure located in acetabulum that is the site of fusion for all three bones of the hip?
Triradiate cartilage
What is the small projection that comes from anterior side of hip on pubis?
Pubic tubercle
Name of top of ilium?
Iliac crest
What is a landmark for posterior inferior iliac spine?
Hanging down. Right above greater sciatic notch.
What is a landmark for anterior inferior iliac spine?
Very close to pubis
What is a landmark for posterior superior iliac spine?
Bump above posterior inferior iliac spine
What is a landmark for anterior superior iliac spine?
Most aligned with iliac fossa
Where is ischium?
Bottom posterior. Side of ischial tuberosity
What is between head and greater trochanter of femur?
Neck
What is the elevated spot of the tibia bone?
Intercondylar eminence
What is the articulating surface of superior tibia close to fibula?
Lateral condyle
What is the articulating surface on superior tibia further from fibula?
Medial condyle
What is the superior portion of fibula called?
Head
What is the name of inferior ends tibia and fibula?
Malleolus
The inferior end of tibia is the _____ ______.
Medial malleolus
The inferior end of fibula is the _____ ______.
Lateral malleolus
