Bone Lab Flashcards
sharp, slender, often pointed projection
spine
any bony prominence? that form joins?
- process
- projections
bony expansion carried on a narrow neck
head
smooth, nearly flat articular surface
facet
armlike bar of bone (doesnt form joint)
ramus
large rounded projection
tuberosity
narrow ridge of bone
crest/line
very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process
trochanter
narrow ridge of bone
crest/line
small rounded projection or process
tubercle
rounded articular projection
condyle
raised area on or above a condyle
epicondyle
not part of skull, attaches muscles used in swallowing/talking
Hyoid bone
made up of _____ tarsal bones
7, tarsus (ankle)
heel bone, where calcaneal (achilles) tendon attaches
calcaneous
___#__ fused vertebrae. articulates with _____ laterally to form _____ joint
5
- sacrum
- ilium
- sacroiliac
_____ fused vertebrae called the tailbone
3-5, coccyx
thin curved bones, protrude from lateral walls of the nasal cavity
inferior nasal conchae
superior and middle nasal concae are a part of the ___ bone
ethmoid
what does the bony thorax consist of?
vertebrae, sternum, ribs
cpr landmark at inferior end
xiphoid process
ribs with own connection to sternum
true ribs (1 to 7)
ribs do not attach to sternum directly; piggybacks onto costal cartilage
false ribs (8-10)
ribs that do not attach to sternum at all
floating ribs (11 & 12)
made of arm, wrist, hand bones
pectoral girdle
made up of leg, ankle, foot
pelvic girdle
bones of the axial skeleton
cranial bones, facial bones, bony thorax, vertebrae, sacrum, and coccyx