Bone Terms

Question 1

Process

Answer 1

Raised area, out growth or projection of bone

Question 2

Body

Answer 2

main portion of a bone

Question 3

Angle

Answer 3

a rounded corner

Question 4

Concha

Answer 4

thin, scroll like structure

Question 5

Cornu

Answer 5

horn shaped (cornucopia)

Question 6

Coronoid

Answer 6

crown shaped projection of bone (coronal = crown)

Question 7

Costal

Answer 7

rib

Question 8

Eminence

Answer 8

area protecting from another

Question 9

Margin

Answer 9

edge of bone

Question 10

Neck

Answer 10

constricted portion of a long bone, separates head and shaft

Question 11

Notch

Answer 11

indented area

Question 12

Ramus

Answer 12

branch of bone

Question 13

Styloid

Answer 13

slender, pointed process

Question 14

Crest

Answer 14

prominent narrow ridge

Question 15

Line

Answer 15

narrow ridge on bone, less prominent/raised than a crest

Question 16

Epicondyle

Answer 16

bump near or on a condyle

Question 17

Spine

Answer 17

sharp, slender process of a bone

Question 18

Tubercle

Answer 18

small, rounded process often the site of tendon or ligament attachment

Question 19

Tuberosity

Answer 19

large, oblong, roughened (sometimes rounded) process (larger than a tubercle, smaller than a trochanter)

Question 20

Trochanter

Answer 20

very large, blunt, irregular shaped projection (only on femur)

Question 21

Sulcus

Answer 21

elongated groove

Question 22

Foramen

Answer 22

hole/opening in bone for passage of nerves and BV

Question 23

Canal / Meatus

Answer 23

tube like passageway through bone

Question 24

Sinus

Answer 24

cavity within bone

Question 25

Fossa

Answer 25

depression in bone

Question 26

Fovea

Answer 26

shallow (pit like) depression (smaller than fossa)

Question 27

Fissure

Answer 27

narrow, slit like opening for passage of nerves and BV

Question 28

Articular

Answer 28

pertaining to a joint

Question 29

Condyle

Answer 29

a knob like, rounded bump that articulates with another bone

Question 30

Facet

Answer 30

flattened, smooth articular surface

Question 31

Fontanel

Answer 31

A membrane covered area in cranial bones where bone formation is not yet complete (will later develop into structures)

Question 32

Suture

Answer 32

immovable joint, 2 bones fuse together (cranial bones)

Question 33

Symphysis

Answer 33

2 parts that grew together (a type of joint)

Question 34

Trochlea

Answer 34

pulley shaped: smooth rounded surface or trough found where bones come together

Question 35

Head

Answer 35

rounded end of a bone usually attached to a narrow neck