Axial Skeleton Bone Markings

Question 1

Tuberosity

Answer 1

Large rounded projection; may be roughened

Question 2

Crest

Answer 2

Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent

Question 3

Trochanter

Answer 3

Vary large, blunt, irregularly shaped process (the only examples are on the femur)

Question 4

Line

Answer 4

narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest

Question 5

Tubercle

Answer 5

small rounded projection or process

Question 6

Epicondyle

Answer 6

Raised area on or above a condyle

Question 7

Spine

Answer 7

Sharp, slender, often pointed projection

Question 8

Process

Answer 8

Any bony prominence

Question 9

Head

Answer 9

Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

Question 10

Facet

Answer 10

Smooth, nearly flat articular surface

Question 11

Condyle

Answer 11

Rounded articular projection

Question 12

Ramus

Answer 12

Armlike bar of bone

Question 13

Groove

Answer 13

Furrow

Question 14

Fissure

Answer 14

Narrow, slitlike opening

Question 15

Foramen

Answer 15

Round or oval opening through a bone

Question 16

Notch

Answer 16

Indentation at the edge of a structure

Question 17

Meatus

Answer 17

Canal-like passageway

Question 18

Sinus

Answer 18

Bone cavity, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane

Question 19

Fossa

Answer 19

Shallow basin-like depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface.