Bone Features

Question 1

Condyle

Answer 1

Smooth, round articular surface

Question 2

Head

Answer 2

Spherical projection, found at the proximal end of a long bone or proximal epiphyses

Question 3

Process

Answer 3

Anything that sticks out on a bone. Different shapes (condyle, head, etc.)

Question 4

Facet

Answer 4

Flat articular Surface

Question 5

Foramen

Answer 5

Short hole in bones for nerves and blood vessels

Question 6

Fossa

Answer 6

Shallow depression, usually occupied by muscles or tendons

Question 7

Meatus

Answer 7

Long hole in bones and body parts

Question 8

Tubercle

Answer 8

Small projection, usually used for processes found on the humerus

Question 9

Tuberosity

Answer 9

Projection that takes up more area than a tubercle

Question 10

Trochanter

Answer 10

Specific name for processes found on the femur

Question 11

Articular surface

Answer 11

Smooth areas of compact bone that come in contact with smooth surfaces of another bone to form a joint. Covered with Hyaline cartilage

Question 12

Processes

Answer 12

Lumps and bumps on bones. Most are on places where the tendons of muscles attached to the bone

Question 13

Foramen magnum

Answer 13

The large opening where the spinal cord exits the skull

Question 14

Occipital condyles

Answer 14

Form a joint with the atlas

Question 15

Interparietal bones

Answer 15

Two small bones on the dorsal midline between the occipital bone and the parietal bone

Question 16

Parietal bones

Answer 16

Two bones that form the dorsal lateral portion of the cranium

Question 17

Temporal bones

Answer 17

Two bones that form the ventral lateral portion of the cranium. Contains The zygomatic process of the temporal bone

Question 18

External acoustic meatus

Answer 18

Found in the temporal bone, an opening that leads to the middle ear and inner ear cavities

Question 19

Tympanic bullae

Answer 19

Egg shaped swellings on the ventral surface of the temporal bone, contain the middle ear structures

Question 20

Frontal bones

Answer 20

Two bones that form the “forehead “part of the skull. Formed the rostrolateral part of the cranium and part of the orbit of the eye

Question 21

Incisive bones

Answer 21

Two bones that are most rostral skull bones and house the upper incisor teeth or dental pad.

Question 22

Nasal bones

Answer 22

Two bones that form the “Bridge quote of the nose – the dorsal part of the nasal cavity

Question 23

Maxillary bones

Answer 23

Two bones that make up most of the upper jaw. Houses the upper canine teeth if present and upper premolar and molar teeth

Question 24

Lacrimal bones

Answer 24

Two small bones that form part of the orbit of the eye and contain the lacrimal sacs

Question 25

Zygomatic bones

Answer 25

“Cheekbones “2 bones that form a portion of the orbit of the eye and a portion of the zygomatic arch. Contains the temporal process of the zygomatic bone

Question 26

Mandible

Answer 26

Lower jaw, usually two bones united rostrally by the mandibular symphysis in dogs, cats, and cattle

Question 27

Body/Shaft –Mandible

Answer 27

Horizontal part of the mandible that house is all of the lower teeth

Question 28

Ramus – mandible

Answer 28

The vertical part at the coddle end of the mandible that forms the temporomandibular joint with the temporal bone.

Question 29

Hyoid bone/apparatus

Answer 29

Attaches to the temporal bones and supports the base of the tongue, pharynx, and larynx.

Question 30

Coronoid

Answer 30

Upper process of the mandible, extends past zygomatic arch

Question 31

Condylar process

Answer 31

Center process of mandible

Question 32

Angular process

Answer 32

Bottom projection of mandible in carnivores

Question 33

Angle of the mandible/caudal angle

Answer 33

On herbivores, replaces angular process

Question 34

Mandibular foramen

Answer 34

Foramen that is found caudal and medial on mandible (On inside of mandible)

Question 35

Mental foramen

Answer 35

Found Rostral and lateral on the mandible (outside towards nose)

Question 36

Sphenoid bone

Answer 36

Internal bone of cranium, contains pituitary fossa which houses the pituitary gland. Forms ventral part of cranium

Question 37

Ethmoid bone

Answer 37

Internal bone of the cranium, rostral to sphenoid, contains cribriform plate through which the branches of olfactory nerve pass