Bone Shapes and Terminology

Question 1

Longer the they are wide, most limb bones

Answer 1

Long bones

Question 2

Snapped like cubes (carpal bone)

Answer 2

Short bones

Question 3

Thin and flat (Scapula, skull)

Answer 3

Flat bones

Question 4

Miscellaneous bones that do not fit in any categories

Answer 4

Irregular bones

Question 5

A hole in the body

Answer 5

Foramen

Question 6

Depression in the bone

Answer 6

Fossa

Question 7

A bony projection

Answer 7

Process

Question 8

A bony rounded projection

Answer 8

condyle

Question 9

A soft spot lying between cranial bones in the fetal or newborn skull

Answer 9

Fontanel

Question 10

Bony cavity containing the eyeball

Answer 10

Orbit

Question 11

Where the skull bone meets

Answer 11

Bone suture

Question 12

Used when describing bones that form joint

Answer 12

Articulate

Question 13

A firm, elastic, flexible type of connective tissue

Answer 13

Cartilage

Question 14

Smooth glass-like cartilage. Covers the joint surface of a bone

Answer 14

Hyaline or Articular cartilage

Question 15

Small bones associated with joints, protects tendons from the wear and tear of joint movement

Answer 15

Sesamoid