Bone vocab Flashcards
Exam 4
Condyle
a rounded knob at the end of a bone
Coracoid/Coranoid
Shaped like a crow’s beak
Crest
A narrow but prominent ridge of bone
Epichondyle
a prominence on a bone that is above or upon a condyle
Facet
A small, smooth, plane surface
usually used for an articulation
Fissure
a furrow, cleft or slit
Foramen
an opening or hole in a structure
Fossa
A small pit, hollow or depression
Fovea
A small cup, shaped depression or pit
Head
a terminal enlargement of a bone, usually related to a more constricted region (neck)
Line
a low ridge
Meatus
a passage or channel, but especially the opening of a canal
Neck
a narrow connection between the epiphysis and the diaphysis
Process
a projection or marked bony prominence
Protuberance
a swelling, projecting part or process
Ramus
an extension of a bone making an angle with the rest of the structure
Sinus
a channel for the passage of blood or lymph or a hollow space in bone or soft tissue
spine
a pointed process
sulcus
a furrow or groove
trochanter
a large, rough process for the attachment of muscles
Trochlea
a structure serving as a pulley or a smooth articular surface which is either spool shaped or articulates with a spool-shaped bone
Tubercle
a small, rounded process or prominence
Tuberosity
a smaller, rough projection
