anatomical vocab

Question 1

condyle

Answer 1

rounded articular surface covered with articular cartilage

Question 2

crest

Answer 2

ridge of bone

Question 3

epicondyle

Answer 3

prominent ridge or eminence superior ot a condyle

Question 4

facet

Answer 4

flat smooth articular surface usually covered with hyaline cartilage

Question 5

fissure

Answer 5

a narrow slitlike opening in bone

Question 6

foramen

Answer 6

round or oval hole in the bone for passage of another structure

Question 7

fossa

Answer 7

cuplike depression usually for articulation with another bone

Question 8

groove

Answer 8

furrow in the bone

Question 9

line

Answer 9

fine linear ridge of bone, but less prominent than a crest

Question 10

malleolus

Answer 10

a rounded eminence

Question 11

meatus

Answer 11

passageway or canal in bone

Question 12

process

Answer 12

bony prominence that may be sharp or blunt

Question 13

protuberance

Answer 13

protruding emincen on an otherwise smooth surface

Question 14

ramus

Answer 14

a thin part of bone that joins a thicker process of the same bone

Question 15

spine

Answer 15

share process projecting from a bone

Question 16

trochangter

Answer 16

large, blunt process for muscle tendon or ligament attachment

Question 17

tuburcle

Answer 17

small elevated process

Question 18

tuberosity

Answer 18

large rounded eminence that may be coarse or rough