Bone Flashcards
Crest
Narrow ridge of bone, usually prominent
Tuberosity
Large rounded projection
Trochanter
Large, blunt, irregularly shaped process
Line
Narrow ridge not usually prominent
Tubercle
Small rounded projection or process
Epicondyle
Raised area on or above a condyle
Spine
Sharp, slender, often pointed projection
Process
Any bony process
Head
Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck
Facet
Smooth, nearly flat articulate surfaces
Ramus
Armlike bar of bone
Groove
Furrow
Fissure
Narrow slit like opening
Foramen
Round or oval opening through a bone
Meatus
Canal like passageway
Fossa
Mu
Shallow basin like depression in a bone, often as an articulate surface. Inverse of condyle
Sinus
Cavity in a bone filled with air and lined with a mucosal membrane
Comminuted fracture
Bone is broken in several places
Compression fracture
Bone is crushed
Spiral fracture
Breaks from torsion
Epiphysial fracture
Epiphysis separates from the diaphysis
Depression fracture
Bone is pressed in; elderly
Green stick fracture
Bone is not broken through; children
Displaced fracture
The bone ends are out of alignment
Non displaced fracture
Ends of the bone are aligned
Compound fracture
Breaks skin
Simple fracture
Does not break skin
Closed reduction
Realigning the fracture without surgery
Open reduction
Surgical procedure