Bone Markings

Question 1

shallow indented surface where two bones meet to form a joint

Answer 1

facet

Question 2

deeper indented surface in a bone; usually allows a rounded surface of another bone to fit inside of it

Answer 2

fossa

Question 3

shallow pit, often the site for the attachment of a ligament

Answer 3

fovea

Question 4

long, typically shallow depression that usually allows a nerve or blood vessel to travel along the bone’s surface

Answer 4

groove

Question 5

another name for a groove

Answer 5

sulcus

Question 6

passageway through a bone

Answer 6

canal

Question 7

slit within a bone or between bones

Answer 7

fissure

Question 8

hole in a bone through which a structure such as a nerve or blood vessel passes

Answer 8

foramen

Question 9

another name for a canal

Answer 9

meatus

Question 10

round end of a bone that fits into a fossa or facet of another bone at a joint

Answer 10

condyle

Question 11

ridge along a bone, generally a site of muscle attachment

Answer 11

condyle

Question 12

ridge along a bone; generally a site of muscle attachment

Answer 12

crest

Question 13

small projection usually proximal to a condyle; generally the site of muscle attachment

Answer 13

epicondyle

Question 14

rounded end of the bone that fits into a fossa to form a joint

Answer 14

head

Question 15

ridge along a bone where muscle attaches

Answer 15

line

Question 16

any bony projection; generally the sit of muscle attachment

Answer 16

process

Question 17

an outgrowth from a bone due to repetitive pull from a muscle

Answer 17

protuberance

Question 18

large bony projection to which muscles attach; only examples are in the femur

Answer 18

trochanter

Question 19

small rounded projection where muscles attach

Answer 19

tubercle

Question 20

a larger, more prominent tubercle

Answer 20

tuberosity