Axial Skeleton Flashcards
the head end
Cranial/Cephalic
the tail end
Caudal
The belly side
Ventral
The back side
Dorsal
the upper portion or that which is above
Superior
the lower portion or that which is below
Inferior
descriptive prefix meaning above
Supra
descriptive prefix meaning below
Infra
the forward surface or toward the front
Anterior
the rear surface or toward the rear
Posterior
refers to a location nearer to the midline than another location
Medial
refers to a location farther from the midline than another location
Lateral
nearer the main axis of the body, or nearer the point of attachment
Proximal
away from the main axis of the body, or away from the point of attachment
Distal
At or near the surface
Superficial
Away from the surface
Deep
a plane that extends from left to right and from dorsal to ventral, giving cranial and caudal portions
Transverse/Horizontal
a plane that extends from cranial to caudal, giving right and left portions
Sagittal
a plane that extends from cranial to caudal passing through the midline to divide to divide the body or an organ into right and left halves
Midsagittal
a plane that extends from left to right and cranial to caudal giving dorsal and ventral positions
Frontal/coronal
a deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible
Alveolus
The junction of two bones
Articulation
Ear-shaped
Auricular
cleft into two parts or branches
Bifid
A little head
Capitulum
a spiral structure like a seashell
Concha
a large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure
Condyle
Describing a projection shaped like a crows beak
Coracoid
describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point
Coronoid
associated with or part of the ribs
Costal
a narrow, prominent ridgelike projection
Crest
Perforated like a sieve
Cribriform
Wedge-shaped
Cuneiform
half of a facet, part of an articular surface shared by two adjacent bones
Demifacet
the middle portion of a long bone, the shaft
Diaphysis
an elevation or projection, especially on a bone
Eminence
a projection adjacent to a condyle
Epicondyle
the end of a long bone
Epiphysis
a small, flat, shallow articulating surface
Facet
a narrow, slit-like opening through a bone
Fissure
a rounded passageway through a bone
Foramen
a flattened or shallow depression
Fossa
A small pit or depression
Fovea
Shaped like a shallow socket
Glenoid
a prominent, rounded epiphysis
Head
A gap
Hiatus
A thin, flat plate
Lamina
a low ridge, less prominent than a crest
Line
a club-shaped or hammer-shaped process
Malleolus
Breast-shaped
Mastoid
a passageway through a bone
Meatus
a constricted portion adjacent to a head
Neck
an indentation or V-shaped depression
Notch
associated with the nape of the neck
Nuchal
a supporting column or stock
Pedicle
Like a rock
Petrous
a projection; a bony prominence
Process
A high place
Promontory
Winglike
Pterygoid
an angular extension of the bone relative to the rest of the structure; a branch
Ramus
A partition
Septum
A cavity or hollow space in the bone
Sinus
A pointed slender process
Spine
Flat, scale like
Squamous
Pointed, pen like
Styloid
A narrow groove
Sulcus
the line of union in an immovable articulation
Suture
a massive, rough projection found only on the femur
Trochanter
a smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process
Trochlea
a small, round projection
Tubercle
a large, rough projection
Tuberosity
Shaped like a sword
Xiphoid
