Basic Bone features Flashcards by Emma Bussell

Q

Aditus

A

The entrance to a cavity

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Alveolus

A

A deep pit or socket

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Eminence

A

A ridge or projection

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Condyle

A

Rounded or knuckle like prominence

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Epicondyle

A

A prominence above a condyle

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Crest

A

A narrow ridge

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Fossa

A

Depression or hollow

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Fissure

A

A narrow slit between bones

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Facet

A

Smooth flattened articular surface

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Foramen

A

An orifice for passage of blood vessel

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Head

A

A rounded projection beyond a constricted part/neck (ex: top of femur)

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Line

A

Ridge of bone less prominent than a crest

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Meatus or canal

A

Long tube like passage

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Process

A

Any marked bony prominence

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Sinus or antrum

A

A cavity within a bone (nose hole in the skull)

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Spine

A

sharp slender projection

Q

sulcus

A

A furrow or groove

Q

Trochanter

A

A large process for muscle attachment

Q

Trochlea

A

A process shaped like a pulley

Q

Tubercle

A

small rounded process (end of rib)

Q

Tuberosity

A

Large rounded process