Bone Marking Names

Question 1

Name of a large rounded projection

Muscle or ligament attachment site

Answer 1

Tuberosity

Question 2

Name a prominent narrow ridge of the bone.

Muscle or ligament attachment

Answer 2

Crest

Question 3

Name a large, blunt, irregularly shaped process

Answer 3

Trochanter

Question 4

Less prominent narrow ridge of bone

Answer 4

Line

Question 5

Small rounded projection or process

Answer 5

Tubercle

Question 6

Epicondyle

Answer 6

Raised area on or above a condyle

Question 7

Sharp, slender, and often pointed projection

Answer 7

Spine

Question 8

A bony prominence

Answer 8

Process

Question 9

Bony expansion carried on by a narrow neck

Answer 9

Head

Question 10

Smooth, nearly flat articular surface

Answer 10

Facet

Question 11

Rounded articular projection

Answer 11

Condyle

Question 12

Arm like bar of bone

Answer 12

Ramus

Question 13

Narrow slit like opening

Answer 13

Fissure

Question 14

Round or oval opening through the bone

Answer 14

Foramen

Question 15

Indentation at the edge of a structure

Answer 15

Notch

Question 16

Canal like passageway

Answer 16

Meatus

Question 17

Bone cavity filled with air and lined with a mucous membrane.

Answer 17

Sinus

Question 18

Shallow basin like depression. Often serves as an articular surface

Answer 18

Fossa