Anatomy Lecture 3: Bones, Bone development, and joints Flashcards
Hydroxyapatite
Small, branching, strands of bone that fuse with one another to form a spongy appearance.
Bone markings
Appear on dried bones wherever tendons, ligaments, and fascia were attached.
Fissure
a narrow, cleft-like opening between adjacent parts of bones through which blood vessels and nerves pass
Foramen
a hole through a bone or through the wall of a bone into the medullary cavity through which vessels and nerves pass
Canal
a foramen with some length and an orifice at each end
Meatus
tube-like passageway running within a bone with an orifice at only one end
Paranasal sinus
air-filled cavity within a bone connected to the nasal cavity
Groove (sulcus)
furrow or depression that accommodates a soft structure such as a blood vessel, nerve or tendon.
Fossa
depression in or on a bone
Fovea
little pit
Condyle
Process which forms joint- large, rounded articular prominence
Head
Process which forms joint- rounded articular projection supported on a constricted portion
Facet
Process which forms joint- smooth flat surface
Process
Process for attachment- prominent projection
Tubercle
Process for attachment- small, rounded process
Tuberosity
Process for attachment- large, rounded, usually roughened process
Trochanter
Process for attachment- large, blunt projections; found only on femur
Crest
Process for attachment- prominent border or ridge
Spine
Process for attachment- very high ridge
Line
Process for attachment- less prominent ridge than a crest
Spinous process
Process for attachment- sharp, slender process
Epicondyle
Process for attachment- prominence proximal to a condyle
Angle
Where the main part of a bone (the body) and a process are joined at different angles to eachother
Ramus
branch off the body (beyond the angle)
Lingula
flat, tongue shaped process