Bone Markings

Question 1

Condyle

Answer 1

Rounded articular area (lateral and medial femoral condyles)

Question 2

Crest

Answer 2

Ridge of Bone (illiac crest)

Question 3

Epicondyle

Answer 3

Eminence superior to a condyle (lateral epicondyle of the humerus)

Question 4

Facet

Answer 4

Smooth, flat area, usually covered with cartilage, where a bone articulates with another bone (superior costal facet on the body of a vertebra for articulation with a rib)

Question 5

Foramen

Answer 5

Passage through a bone (obturator foramen)

Question 6

Fossa

Answer 6

Hollow or depressed area (infraspinous fossa of the scapula)

Question 7

Groove

Answer 7

Elongated depression (radial groove of the humerus)

Question 8

Line

Answer 8

Linear elevation (Soleal line of the tibia)

Question 9

Malleolus

Answer 9

Rounded process (lateral malleolus of the fibula)

Question 10

Notch

Answer 10

Indentation at the edge of the bone (greater sciatic notch)

Question 11

Protuberance

Answer 11

Projection of a bone (external occipital protuberance)

Question 12

Spine

Answer 12

Thorn-like process (spine of the scapula)

Question 13

Trochanter

Answer 13

Large blunt elevation (greater trochanter of the femur)

Question 14

Tubercle

Answer 14

Small raised eminence (greater tubercle of the humerus)

Question 15

Tuberosity

Answer 15

Large rounded elevation (ischial tuberosity)