Bone Markings

Question 1

What are the 4 types of bone markings?

Answer 1

projection, articulation, opening, depression

Question 2

What 2 skeletal structures have a depression marking?

Answer 2

fossa, fovea

Question 3

What 5 skeletal structures have an articulation?

Answer 3

condyle, facet, fontanel, head, suture

Question 4

What 3 skeletal structures have an opening?

Answer 4

foramen, meatus, sinus

Question 5

What 7 skeletal structures have a projection?

Answer 5

crest, epicondyle, process, spine, trochanter, tubercle, tuberosity

Question 6

A rounded process that usually articulates with another bone

Answer 6

condyle

Question 7

A narrow, ridgelike projection

Answer 7

crest

Question 8

A projection situated above a condyle

Answer 8

epicondyle

Question 9

a small, nearly flat surface

Answer 9

facet

Question 10

A soft spot in the skull where membranes cover the space between bones

Answer 10

fontanel

Question 11

An opening through a bone that usually is a passageway for blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments

Answer 11

foramen

Question 12

A relatively deep pit or depression

Answer 12

fossa

Question 13

A tiny pit or depression

Answer 13

fovea

Question 14

An enlargement on the end of a bone

Answer 14

head

Question 15

A tubelike passageway within a bone

Answer 15

meatus

Question 16

A prominent projection on a bone

Answer 16

process

Question 17

A cavity within a bone

Answer 17

sinus

Question 18

A thornlike projection

Answer 18

spine

Question 19

An interlocking line of union between bones

Answer 19

suture

Question 20

A relatively large process

Answer 20

trochanter

Question 21

A small, knoblike process

Answer 21

Tubercle

Question 22

A knoblike process usually larger than a tubercle

Answer 22

tuberosity