Bone Markings

Question 1

Articulations

Answer 1

Where 2 bones meet

joints

Question 2

Head

Answer 2

Prominent rounded surface

head of femur

Question 3

Facet

Answer 3

Flat surface (vertebrae)

Question 4

Condyle

Answer 4

Rounded surface (occipital condyles)

Question 5

Projections

Answer 5

Raised markings (spinous process of the vertebrae)

Question 6

Protuberance

Answer 6

Protuding(chin)

Question 7

Process

Answer 7

Prominence feature (transverse process of vertebra)

Question 8

Spine

Answer 8

Sharp process (ischial spine)

Question 9

Tubers

Answer 9

Small, rounded process (tubercle of humerus,

Question 10

Tuberosity

Answer 10

Rough surface (deltoid tuberosity)

Question 11

Line

Answer 11

Slight elongated ridge (temporal lines of the parietal bones)

Question 12

Crest

Answer 12

Ridge (iliac crest)

Question 13

Holes

Answer 13

Holes and depressions (foremen - holes through which blood vessels can pass through)

Question 14

Fossa

Answer 14

Elongated basin (mandibular fossa)

Question 15

Fovea

Answer 15

Small pit (fovea capitis on head of femur)

Question 16

Sulcus

Answer 16

Groove (sigmoid sulcus of the temporal bones)

Question 17

Canal

Answer 17

Passage in the bone (auditory canal)

Question 18

Fissure

Answer 18

Slit through bone (auricular fissure)

Question 19

Foramen

Answer 19

Hole through bone (foramen magnum in the occipital bone)

Question 20

meatus

Answer 20

Opening into canal (external auditing meatus)

Question 21

Sinus

Answer 21

Air filled space in bone (nasal sinus)