Bones Markings and Features

Question 1

what is a rounded process at an articular extremity called

Answer 1

Condyle

Question 2

coracoid or coronoid is what

Answer 2

a beak or crownlike process

Question 3

a ridgelike process

Answer 3

crest

Question 4

what is a projection above a condyle called

Answer 4

epicondyle

Question 5

small, smooth-surfaced process for articulation w/ another structure

Answer 5

facet

Question 6

hamulus

Answer 6

a hooklike process

Question 7

expanded end of a long bone

Answer 7

head

Question 8

horn

Answer 8

hornlike process

Question 9

club-shaped process

Answer 9

malleolus

Question 10

protuberance

Answer 10

projecting part or prominence

Question 11

sharp process

Answer 11

spine

Question 12

styloid

Answer 12

long, pointed process

Question 13

greater and lesser ________ which is either of two large rounded elevated processes at the junction of the neck and shaft of the femur

Answer 13

trochanter

Question 14

tubercle

Answer 14

small, rounded, and elevated process

Question 15

large, rounded and elevated process

Answer 15

tuberosity

Question 16

cleft or deep groove

Answer 16

fissure

Question 17

foramen

Answer 17

hole in bone for transmission of blood vessels and nerves

Question 18

fossa

Answer 18

pit, fovea, or hollow space

Question 19

shallow linear channel

Answer 19

groove

Question 20

tubelike passageway running within a bone

Answer 20

meatus

Question 21

notch

Answer 21

indentation into border of a bone

Question 22

recess, groove, cavity of a bone

Answer 22

sinus

Question 23

sulcus

Answer 23

furrow, trench, or fissurelike dperession

Question 24

what type of fracture does not break skin

Answer 24

closed

Question 25

a ______ fracture is a serious one which bones are not in anatomic alignment

Answer 25

displaced

Question 26

describe a nondisplaced fracture

Answer 26

fracture in which bone retains normal alignment

Question 27

what is an open fracture

Answer 27

one which a broken bone or bones break through the skin

Question 28

what are the common classifications of fractures

Answer 28

compression 
open/ compound
simple 
greenstick
transverse
sprial/oblique
comminuted
impacted

Question 29

true or false, fractures can fall into only one category

Answer 29

false they can fall into more than one. example: a spiral, closed, and non displaced fracture