Bone markings

Question 1

Tuberosity

Answer 1

Large rounded projection, may be roughened; projections that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment

Question 2

Crest

Answer 2

Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent; projections that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment

Question 3

Trochanter

Answer 3

Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process (only examples are on the femur); projections that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment

Question 4

Line

Answer 4

Narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest; projections that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment

Question 5

Tubercule

Answer 5

Small rounded projection or process; projections that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment

Question 6

Epicondyle

Answer 6

Raised area on or above a condyle; projections that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment

Question 7

Spine

Answer 7

Sharp, slender often pointed projection; projections that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment

Question 8

process

Answer 8

Any bone prominence; projections that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment

Question 9

head

Answer 9

Bony expansion on a narrow neck; projections that help to form joints

Question 10

facet

Answer 10

Smooth, nearly flat articular surface; projections that help to form joints

Question 11

Condyle

Answer 11

Rounded articular projection; projections that help to form joints

Question 12

Ramus

Answer 12

Armlike bar of bone; projections that help to form joints

Question 13

groove

Answer 13

furrow; projections and openings (for passage of blood vessels and nerves)

Question 14

fissure

Answer 14

narrow slitlike opening;projections and openings (for passage of blood vessels and nerves)

Question 15

foramen

Answer 15

round or oval opening through a bone; projections and openings (for passage of blood vessels and nerves)

Question 16

notch

Answer 16

indentation at the edge of a structure; projections and openings (for passage of blood vessels and nerves)

Question 17

meatus

Answer 17

canal-like passageway; projections and openings (for passage of blood vessels and nerves)

Question 18

sinus

Answer 18

cavity within a bone, filled with air an dlined with a mucous membrane; projections and openings (for passage of blood vessels and nerves)

Question 19

fossa

Answer 19

shallow, baseline depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface; projections and openings (for passage of blood vessels and nerves)