Bone Markings

Question 1

Tuberosity

Answer 1

Large rounded projection

Question 2

Crest

Answer 2

Narrow ridge and of bone

Question 3

Trochanter

Answer 3

Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process

Question 4

Line

Answer 4

Narrow ridge of bone, less prominent than 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 (joint) surface

Question 11

Condyle

Answer 11

Rounded articular projection

Question 12

Groove

Answer 12

Furrow

Question 13

Fissure

Answer 13

Narrow, slitlike opening

Question 14

Foramen

Answer 14

Round or oval opening through a bone

Question 15

Notch

Answer 15

Indentation at the edge of a structure

Question 16

Meatus

Answer 16

Canal-like passageway

Question 17

Sinus

Answer 17

Cavity within a hone, air-filled

Question 18

Fossa

Answer 18

Shallow, basinlike depression in a bone

Question 19

Surfaces that help form joints

Answer 19

•head
•facet
•condyle

Question 20

For passage of blood vessels and nerves

Answer 20

•groove
•fissure
•foramen
•notch

Question 21

Projections that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment

Answer 21

•tuberosity
•tubercle
•crest
•trochanter
•line
•epicondyle
•spine
•process

Question 22

Other

Answer 22

•meatus
•sinus
•fossa