Bone Markings

Question 1

shallow indented surface where two bones meet to form a joint

Answer 1

Facet

Question 2

deeper indented surface in a bone, usually allows a rounded surface of another bone to fit inside of it

Answer 2

Fossa

Question 3

shallow pit; often the site for the attachment of a ligament

Answer 3

Fovea

Question 4

long, typically shallow depression that usually allows a nerve or a blood vessel to travel along the bone’s surface

Answer 4

Groove/sulcus

Question 5

passageway through a bone

Answer 5

Canal/meatus

Question 6

slit within a bone or between bones

Answer 6

Fissure

Question 7

hole in a bone through which a structure such as a nerve or a blood vessel passes

Answer 7

Foramen

Question 8

round end of a bone that fits into a fossa or facet of another bone at a joint

Answer 8

Condyle

Question 9

ridge along a bone; generally a site of muscle attachment

Answer 9

Crest

Question 10

small projection usually proximal to a condyle; generally the site of muscle attachment

Answer 10

Epicondyle

Question 11

rounded end of the bone that fits into a fossa to form a joint

Answer 11

Head

Question 12

ridge along a bone where a muscle attaches

Answer 12

Line

Question 13

any bony projection; generally the site of muscle attachment

Answer 13

Process

Question 14

an outgrowth from a bone due to repetitive pull from a muscle

Answer 14

Protuberance

Question 15

large bony projection to which muscles attach; only examples are in the femur

Answer 15

Trochanter

Question 16

small rounded projection where muscles attach

Answer 16

Tubercle

Question 17

a larger, more prominent tubercle

Answer 17

Tuberosity