bone markings

Question 1

tuberosity

Answer 1

large, rounded projection; may be roughened

Question 2

crest

Answer 2

narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent

Question 3

trochanter

Answer 3

very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process

Question 4

line

Answer 4

narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest

Question 5

tubercle

Answer 5

small rounded projection or process

Question 6

epicondyle

Answer 6

raised area on or above a condyle

Question 7

spine

Answer 7

sharp, slender, often pointed projection

Question 8

process

Answer 8

any bony prominence

Question 9

head

Answer 9

bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

Question 10

facet

Answer 10

smooth, nearly flat articular surface

Question 11

condyle

Answer 11

rounded articular projection, often articulates with corresponding fossa

Question 12

foramen

Answer 12

round or oval opening through a bone

Question 13

groove

Answer 13

furrow

Question 14

fissure

Answer 14

narrow, slit like opening

Question 15

notch

Answer 15

indentation at the edge of a structure

Question 16

fossa

Answer 16

shallow basin like depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface

Question 17

meatus

Answer 17

canal-like passageway

Question 18

sinus

Answer 18

cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane