Bones Flashcards
Diaphysis with two epiphysis
Long bones
Ex: humerus
Cuboidal shaped
Short bones
Ex: carpals
Two layers of compact bone with spongy bone in between
Flat bones
Ex: skull
Bones that contain air spaces
Pneumatic bones
Ex: mastoid
Bones with an irregular shape
Irregular bones
Ex: vertebrae
Formed in a tendon
Sesamoid
Ex: patella
Main portion of long bones or “shaft”
Diaphysis
Sites allowing passage of soft tissue (nerves, blood vessels, tendons, ligaments) or formation of joints
Depressions & openings
Fissure, foramen, fossa, sulcus, meatus
Depressions & openings
Projections or outgrowths on bone that form joints or attachment points for CT (ligaments and tendons)
Processes
Condyle, facet, head
Processes that form joints
Crest, epicondyle, line,spinous process, trochanter, tubercle, tuberosity
Processes that form attachment points for CT
