Bones and markings

Question 1

Aceabulum

Answer 1

The socket for the femur

Question 2

Ala

Answer 2

Latin for wing.. Outward projections as in the transverse process of
the atlas (first neck bone) and large surface of the ilium region of the hipbone (butterfly)

Question 3

Condyle

Answer 3

Greek for knuckle. Large articulating prominences. (Projection)

Question 4

epicondyle

Answer 4

following the condyle

Question 5

facet

Answer 5

French for small face. Small articular surfaces covered with hyaline cartilage. (connective tissue)

Question 6

foramen

Answer 6

Latin for aperture. An opening or hole in a bone

Question 7

fossa

Answer 7

cavity or depression

Question 8

fovea

Answer 8

latin for pit. a shallow non articulating depression such as is found in the head for the femur.

Question 8

head

Answer 8

a round articulating surface shaped like a ball.

Question 8

line

Answer 8

a ridge on a bone not a prominent as a ridge

Question 8

spine

Answer 8

latin for thorn. A slender sharp projection

Question 9

malleolus

Answer 9

Latin for little hammer(mallet) A projection in a bone as in the distal end of the tibia.

Question 9

process

Answer 9

latin for proceed. Any prominent projection of a bone as in a crest, trochanter, tuberosity or spine.

Question 10

trochanter

Answer 10

greek for runner. A runner’s muscle attachment. Term used in regard to the femur bone to describe various promixal processes.
greater trochanter, thrid trochanter, lesser trochanter

Question 11

tubercle

Answer 11

latin for knob. A small rounded or rough prominence.