B1 Anatomy of Bone Surface

Question 1

What is the purpose of depressions and openings of the bone?

Answer 1

To allow the passage of soft tissue or formation of joints.

Question 2

What is a fissure?

Answer 2

A narrow slit between adjacent parts of bones through which blood vessels or nerves pass.

Question 3

Where can a fissure be found?

Answer 3

Superior orbital fissure of sphenoid bone

Question 4

What is a foramen?

Answer 4

A hole/ opening through which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass.

Question 5

Where can foramina be found?

Answer 5

Optic foramen of sphenoid boneMental foramen

Question 6

What is a fossa?

Answer 6

A shallow depression.

Question 7

Where can fossae be found?

Answer 7

Coronoid fossa of humerus.

Question 8

What is a sulcus?

Answer 8

A groove along the bone surface that accommodates a blood vessel, nerve, or tendon.

Question 9

Where can sulci be found?

Answer 9

Intertubercular sulcus of humerus.

Question 10

What is a meatus

Answer 10

Latin for passageway, a tubelike opening.

Question 11

Where can a meati be found?

Answer 11

Nasal CavityExternal auditory meatus of temporal bone.

Question 12

What are processes?

Answer 12

Projections/ outgrowths on bone that form joints/ attachment points for connective tissue.

Question 13

What is a condyle?

Answer 13

Latin for knuckle, a large, round protuberance with a smooth articular surface at the end of the bone.

Question 14

Where can condyles be found?

Answer 14

Lateral condyle of femur.

Question 15

What is a facet?

Answer 15

Smooth, flat, slightly concave or convex articular surface.

Question 16

Where can facets be found?

Answer 16

Superior articular facet of vertebra-

Question 17

What is a head?

Answer 17

Usually rounded articular projection supported on neck (constricted portion) of bone.

Question 18

Where can heads be found?

Answer 18

Head of femur.

Question 19

What is a crest?

Answer 19

A prominent ridge or elongated projection.

Question 20

Where can crests be found?

Answer 20

Iliac crest of hip bone.

Question 21

What is an epicondyle?

Answer 21

A typically roughened projection above condyle.

Question 22

Where can epicondyles be found?

Answer 22

Medial epicondyle of femur.

Question 23

What is a line?

Answer 23

A long, narrow ridge or border (less prominent than crest).

Question 24

Where can lines be found?

Answer 24

Linea aspera of femur.

Question 25

What is a spinous process?

Answer 25

A sharp, slender projection.

Question 26

Where can spinous processes be found?

Answer 26

Vertebrae

Question 27

What is a trochanter?

Answer 27

A very large projection.

Question 28

Where are trochanters found?

Answer 28

Greater trochanter of femur.

Question 29

What is a tubercle?

Answer 29

A variably sized rounded projection.

Question 30

Where are tubercles found?

Answer 30

Greater tubercle of humerus.

Question 31

What is a tuberosity?

Answer 31

A variably sized projection that has a rough, bumpy surface.

Question 32

Where are tuberosities found?

Answer 32

Ischial tuberosity of hip bone.

Question 33

List the different types of depressions in bone

Answer 33

FissureForamenFossaSulcusMeatus

Question 34

List the different types of processes of bone

Answer 34

CondyleFacetHeadCrestEpicondyleLineSpinous processTrochanterTubercleTuberosity

Question 35

List the types of processes that form joints

Answer 35

CondyleFacetHead

Question 36

List the types of processes that are attachment points for joints

Answer 36

CrestEpicondyleLineSpinous processTrochanterTubercleTuberosity