Bone Markings

Question 1

Condyle

Answer 1

rounded articular area (e.g., condyles of the
femur)

Question 2

Crest

Answer 2

ridge of bone (e.g., iliac crest)

Question 3

Epicondyle

Answer 3

eminence superior to a condyle (e.g., epicondyles of the humerus)

Question 4

Facet

Answer 4

smooth, flat area usually covered with cartilage, where a bone articulates with another bone (eg. articular facets of a vertebra)

Question 5

Foramen

Answer 5

passage through a bone (eg. obturator foramen)

Question 6

Fossa

Answer 6

hollow or depressed area (eg. infraspinous fossa of the scapula)

Question 7

Line (linea)

Answer 7

linear elevation (eg. soleal line of the tibia)

Question 8

Malleolus

Answer 8

rounded prominence (eg. lateral malleolus of the fibula)

Question 9

Notch

Answer 9

indentation at the edge of a bone (eg greater sciatic notch in the posterior border of the hip bone)

Question 10

Process

Answer 10

projecting spine like part (eg spinous process of a vertebra)

Question 11

Protuberance

Answer 11

projection of a bone (eg external occipital protuberance of the cranium)

Question 12

Spine

Answer 12

thorn like process (eg spine of the scapula)

Question 13

Trochanter

Answer 13

large blunt elevation (eg, greater trochanter of the femur)

Question 14

Tubercle

Answer 14

small, raised eminence (eg greater tubercle of the humerus)

Question 15

Tuberosity

Answer 15

large, rounded elevation (eg, ischial tuberosity of the hip bone)