Bone Part Terminology

Question 1

Angle

Answer 1

Bend

Question 2

Body

Answer 2

Main part

Question 3

Border

Answer 3

Edge

Question 4

Canal

Answer 4

Tunnel

Question 5

Condyle

Answer 5

Smooth rounded articular surface (Faces joint) `

Question 6

Crest

Answer 6

Prominent ridge

Question 7

Demifacet

Answer 7

Small facet

Question 8

Epicondyle

Answer 8

Near, above or on top of a condyle

Question 9

Facet

Answer 9

Small flattened articular surface

Question 10

Fissure

Answer 10

Cleft, elongated hole

Question 11

Foramen

Answer 11

Hole (Plural = foramina)

Question 12

Fossa

Answer 12

Shallow depression

Question 13

Fovea

Answer 13

Small pit

Question 14

Groove

Answer 14

Elongated depression

Question 15

Head

Answer 15

Enlarged end

Question 16

Line

Answer 16

Low Ridge

Question 17

Meatus

Answer 17

Tunnel

Question 18

Neck

Answer 18

Constricted area between neck & body

Question 19

Notch

Answer 19

Depression in the margin of a bone

Question 20

Plate

Answer 20

Flat area

Question 21

Process

Answer 21

Prominent projection

Question 22

Ramus

Answer 22

Arm like branch off body

Question 23

Sinus

Answer 23

Air filled cavity

Question 24

Spine

Answer 24

Very high ridge

Question 25

Sulcus

Answer 25

Elongated depression

Question 26

Suture

Answer 26

Line where two skull bones grow together

Question 27

Trochanter

Answer 27

Tuberosities on the proximal end of the femur

Question 28

Tubercle

Answer 28

Small rounded bump

Question 29

Tuberosity

Answer 29

Knob (Larger than a tubercle)