Bone Terms

Question 1

Crest

Answer 1

Ridge of bone

iliac crest

Question 2

Epicondyle

Answer 2

Eminence superior or adjacent to condyle

lateral epicondyle of the humerus

Question 3

Facet

Answer 3

Smooth flat area , usually covered by cartilage, where a done articulates with another bone

( superior costal facet on the body of a vertebra for articulation with a rib)

Question 4

Foramen

Answer 4

Passage through a bone

obturator foramen

Question 5

Fossa

Answer 5

Hollow or depression area

infraspinous fossa of the scapula

Question 6

Goove

Answer 6

Elongated depression or furrow

radial groove of the humerus

Question 7

Head

Answer 7

Large round articular end

head of humerus

Question 8

Malleolus

Answer 8

Rounded process

lateral malleolus of the fibula

Question 9

Neck

Answer 9

Narrow portion proximal to the head

Question 10

Notch

Answer 10

Indentation at the edge of the bone

greater sciatic notch

Question 11

Process

Answer 11

An extension /projection serving a particular purpose , having a characteristic shape, or extending in a certain direction

( articular process spinous process, transverse process)

Question 12

Protuberance

Answer 12

Bulge or projection of bone

External occipital protuberance

Question 13

Shaft

Answer 13

Diaphysis of body of long bone

Question 14

Spine

Answer 14

Thorn-like process

spine of the scapula

Question 15

Trochanter

Answer 15

Spool-like articular process or process that acts as pulley

trochlea of the humerus

Question 16

Tubercle

Answer 16

Small raised eminence

Greater tubercle of humerus

Question 17

Tuberosity

Answer 17

Large rounded elevation

ischial tuberosity

Question 18

Fissure

Answer 18

a narrow, cleft like opening between adjacent bones

Question 19

canal

Answer 19

foramen with some length and an office at each end

Question 20

meatus

Answer 20

tube like passageway running within the bone with an office at only on end

Question 21

paranasal sinus grove

Answer 21

air filled cavity within a bone connected to the nasal cavity.
furrow of depression that accolades a soft structure such as a blood vessel, nerve tendon,

Question 22

fossa

Answer 22

depression in or on a bone

Question 23

fovea

Answer 23

little pit

Question 24

condyle

Answer 24

large, rounded articular prominence

Question 25

angle

Answer 25

main part of one and process are joined

Question 26

ramus

Answer 26

branch of body part

Question 27

lingual

Answer 27

flat, tongue-shaped process

Question 28

hamulus

Answer 28

hook-shaped process

Question 29

cornu

Answer 29

horn shapped process

Question 30

synchondrosis

Answer 30

hyaline cartilage that hold 2 bones in close proximity

Question 31

synostosis

Answer 31

when the bones that are joined by the process of synchondrosis become fused together and lose the hyaline cartilage

Question 32

symphysis

Answer 32

joing held together by fibrocartilage cartilage

Question 33

Cartilaginous joint

Answer 33

amiphiarthrosis ( slightly moveable) joint with either hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage