Bone Markings Flashcards
Canal
a tubular passage or tunnel in a bone (auditory canal of the skull)
Condyle
a rounded knob (occipital condyles of the skull)
Crest
a narrow ridge (ilia crest of the pelvis)
Epicondyle
a flare superior to a condyle (medial epicondyle of the femur)
Facet
a smooth joint surface that is flat or only slightly concave or convex (articular facets of the vertebrae)
Fissure
a slit through a bone (orbital fissures behind the eye)
Foramen
a hole through a bone, usually round (foramen magnum of the skull)
Fossa
a shallow broad, or elongated basin (infraspinous fossa of the scapula)
Line (lineae)
a raised, elongated ridge (nuchal lines of the skull)
Meatus
a canal (external acoustic meatus of the temporal bone)
Process
any bony prominence (the mastoid process of the skull)
Protuberance
a bony outgrowth or protruding part (mental protuberance of the chin)
Sinus
a cavity within a bone (frontal sinus of the skull)
Spine
a sharp, slender, or narrow process (spine of the scapular)
Sulcus
a groove for a tendon, nerve, or blood vessel (intertubercular sulcus of the humerus)
