Bones & Muscles - Bony Landmarks

Question 1

Process

Answer 1

A broad designation for a bump on a bone (i.e. mastoid process; xifoid process)

Question 2

Fossa

Answer 2

A basin-like depression in a bone (i.e. supraspinous fossa)

Question 3

Tubercle

Answer 3

A small bump (i.e. the greater and lesser tubercles of the humerus)

Question 4

Crest

Answer 4

A prominent ridge (i.e. the iliac crest)

Question 5

Condyle

Answer 5

A small-to-medium-sized rounded end of a long bone; [smaller than a head & usually not set off by a ‘neck’] (i.e. the medial and lateral condyles of the femur)

Question 6

Foramen

Answer 6

A hole in a bone (i.e. foramen magnum on skull; foramina a on sacrum)

Question 7

Spine

Answer 7

An abrupt or pointed projection (i.e. the spine of the scapula; the anterior superior iliac spine)

Question 8

Tuberosity

Answer 8

A large bump [often rough] (i.e. ischial tuberosity)

Question 9

Linea

Answer 9

A less-prominent ridge [doesn’t stick up very far] (i.e. the linea aspera of the femur)

Question 10

Trochanter

Answer 10

A large blunt bump (i.e. greater and lesser trochanters of the femur)

Question 11

Angle

Answer 11

A diverging of two bony edges from a common point (i.e. superior and inferior angles of the scapula)

Question 12

Head

Answer 12

A large-sized rounded end of a long bone, usually set off from the rest of the bone by a ‘neck’ (i.e. the head of the humerus; the head of the femur)

Question 13

Epicondyle

Answer 13

A bump above a condyle (i.e. the medial and lateral epicondyles of the humerus are located above the medial and lateral condyles of the humerus)

Question 14

Facet

Answer 14

A smooth, mostly flat surface on a bone (i.e. the facets of the vertebrea)

Question 15

Notch

Answer 15

A deep indentation in a bone (i.e. sciatic notch)