Bone markings

Question 1

Sites of attachments for muscles, tendons, and ligaments

Passages for nerves and blood vessels

Answer 1

Bone markings

Question 2

Categories of bone markings

Answer 2

1. Projections or processes
   2.Depressions or cavities

Question 3

Grow out from the bone surface.
Term often begin with “T”

Answer 3

Projections or processes

Question 4

Indentions.
Terms often begin with “F”

Answer 4

Depression or Cavities

Question 5

Large, rounded; maybe roughened

Answer 5

Tuberosity

Question 6

Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent

Answer 6

Crest

Question 7

Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process(Eg. femur)

Answer 7

Trochanter

Question 8

Narrow ridge of bone, less prominent than a crest

Answer 8

Line

Question 9

Small, rounded projection or process

Answer 9

Tubercle

Question 10

Raised area on or above a condyle

Answer 10

Epicondyle

Question 11

Sharp, slender, often pointed projection

Answer 11

Spine

Question 12

Any bony prominence

Answer 12

Process

Question 13

Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

Answer 13

Head

Question 14

Smooth, nearly flat articular surface

Answer 14

Facet

Question 15

Rounded articular projection

Answer 15

Condyle

Question 16

Armlike bar of bone

Answer 16

Ramus

Question 17

Furrow

Answer 17

Groove

Question 18

Narrow, slitlike opening

Answer 18

Fissure

Question 19

Round or oval opening through a bone

Answer 19

Foramen

Question 20

Indentation at the edge of a structure

Answer 20

Notch

Question 21

Canal- or tunnel-like passageway

Answer 21

Mealus

Question 22

Cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane

Answer 22

Sinus

Question 23

shallow, basinlike depression in a bone often serving as an articular surface

Answer 23

Fossa