Bone Marking Terms

Question 1

foramen/canal

Answer 1

hole (openings)

Question 2

meatus

Answer 2

passageway into a bone (openings)

Question 3

condyle

Answer 3

smooth, rounded articular process (articulations)

Question 4

facet

Answer 4

smooth, finger-printed sized articulation

Question 5

head

Answer 5

a round projection at one of the bone

Question 6

trochlea

Answer 6

grooved, articular process

Question 7

crest

Answer 7

ridge (muscle/tendon/ligament attachment)

Question 8

process

Answer 8

any projection (muscle/tendon/ligament attachment)

Question 9

spine

Answer 9

pointed process (muscle/tendon/ligament attachment)

Question 10

trochanter

Answer 10

very large process (2 only, on femur) (muscle/tendon/ligament attachment)

Question 11

tubercle

Answer 11

usually a small bump (muscle/tendon/ligament attachment)

Question 12

tuberosity

Answer 12

rough area, most easily felt than seen (muscle/tendon/ligament attachment)

Question 13

sinus

Answer 13

air-filled spaces within a bone (other)

Question 14

neck

Answer 14

(other)

Question 15

sulcus

Answer 15

narrow groove (other)

Question 16

fossa

Answer 16

a shallow depression (other)

Question 17

ramus

Answer 17

a branch, a part of bone that makes an angle with the rest of the bone (other)