Bones - Terminology

Question 1

Define Tuberosity

Answer 1

A rounded prominence on a bone, usually serving for the attachment of muscles or ligaments

Question 2

Define Malleolus

Answer 2

the bony prominence on either side of the human ankle

Medial Malleolus and Lateral Malleolus

Question 3

Define Condyle

Answer 3

a round prominence at the end of a bone, usually part of a joint - articulation with another bone

Question 4

Define Trochlea

Answer 4

a structure on a bone resembling a pulley, e.g. the groove on the femur where the patella sits

Question 5

Define Process

Answer 5

a projection or outgrowth of tissue from a larger body

Question 6

Define Fossa

Answer 6

A depression in a bone

Question 7

Define Epicondyle

Answer 7

A rounded projection above an articulating surface of a condyle

Question 8

Define sulcus

Answer 8

A groove or depression between parts

Question 9

Define Diaphysis

Answer 9

Central portion of a long bone, lying between the epiphysis

Question 10

What is the medullary cavity?

Answer 10

A cavity within the diaphysis of a long bone, filled with yellow bone marrow

Question 11

True or false: The outer walls of the medullary cavity are made from spongey bone

Answer 11

False - they are made from compact bone

Question 12

Define Epiphysis

Answer 12

The bone ends

Question 13

Define Epiphysial Line

Answer 13

a disc of hyaline cartilage