Bone Markings

Question 1

Fossa

Answer 1

Hollow or depression

Question 2

Sinus

Answer 2

A cavity or sponge like space in bone

Question 3

Foramen

Answer 3

Hole

Question 4

Meatus

Answer 4

Tube shaped opening

Question 5

Condyle

Answer 5

A rounded knuckle like projection

Question 6

Head

Answer 6

A rounded projection beyond a narrow neck like portion

Question 7

Trochanter

Answer 7

Large projection found only in the femur

Question 8

Crest

Answer 8

A ridge

Question 9

Spine

Answer 9

Sharp projection

Question 10

Tubercle

Answer 10

Small rounded projection

Question 11

Tuberosity

Answer 11

Large rounded projection

Question 12

Name all 11

Answer 12

Fossa meatus foramen Sinus head trochanter condyle tubercle tuberosity spine crest

Question 13

Frontal Sinus

Answer 13

Located on either side of the midline and above eye orbits (2)

Question 14

Ethmoid

Answer 14

3(18) found in either side of the midline and on top of the nasal cavity between sphenoid and frontal

Question 15

Sphenoid

Answer 15

2 either side of the midline between the eyes and as deep as you last teeth posterior in nasal cavity

Question 16

Maxillary

Answer 16

In cheeks directly below each orbit

Question 17

Sinus tissue info

Answer 17

Sinuses are lined with mucous membranes that produce mucus
Tripping air and filters air by trapping foreign substances inflammation of membranes block drainage building up pressure

Question 18

Sinus function

Answer 18

Resonates sound

Makes bones lighter

Question 19

What bones are single

Answer 19

Vomer frontal occipital sphenoid ethmoid mandible