bone markings

Question 1

tuberosity

Answer 1

large, rounded projection, may be roughened, muscle and ligament attachment

Question 2

trochanter

Answer 2

very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process (the only examples are in the femur), muscle and ligament attachment

Question 3

process

Answer 3

any bone prominence, muscle ligament attachment

Question 4

head

Answer 4

bony expansions carried on a narrow neck, projection to help form joints

Question 5

facet

Answer 5

smooth nearly flat articular surface, projection to form joint

Question 6

condyle

Answer 6

rounded articular surface, projection to form joint

Question 7

ramus

Answer 7

armlike bar of bone, projection to form joint

Question 8

sinus

Answer 8

cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane, depression that allows blood vessels and nerves to pass

Question 9

fossa

Answer 9

shallow, basinlike, depression in a bone often serving as an articular surface, depression that allows blood vessels and nerves to pass

Question 10

fissure

Answer 10

narrow, slit like opening, depression that allows blood vessels to pass

Question 11

foramen

Answer 11

round or oval opening through a bone, depression that allows blood vessels to pass