Boney Landmarks

Question 1

depressions and openings

Answer 1

foramen, fossa, groove, meatus, sinus

Question 2

projections or processes that fit into joints

Answer 2

condyle, eminence, facet, head

Question 3

projections/processes that attach tendons, ligaments, other C.T.

Answer 3

crest, epicondyle, line, spine, tubercle, tuberosity, trochanter

Question 4

foramen

Answer 4

hole through which blood vessels, nerves, and ligaments pass (ex. vertebral foramen of cervical vertebra)

Question 5

fossa

Answer 5

hollow or depression (ex. glenoid fossa of scapula)

Question 6

groove

Answer 6

ditch-like groove containing a tendon or blood vessel (ex. bicipital (intercondylar) groove of humerus)

Question 7

meatus

Answer 7

canal or tubelike opening in a bone (ex. external auditory meatus)

Question 8

sinus

Answer 8

air-filled cavity within a bone (ex. frontal sinus in frontal bone)

Question 9

condyle

Answer 9

rounded knuckle-like projection (ex. medial condyle of femur)

Question 10

eminence

Answer 10

projecting, prominent part of bone (ex. intercondylar eminence of tibia)

Question 11

facet

Answer 11

flat or shallow articular surface (ex. articular facet of rib)

Question 12

head

Answer 12

rounded articular projection beyond a narrow, neck-like portion of bone (ex. femoral head)

Question 13

crest

Answer 13

sharp ridge or border (ex. iliac crest of hip)

Question 14

epicondyle

Answer 14

prominence above or on a condyle (ex. medial epicondyle of humerus)

Question 15

line

Answer 15

less prominent ridge (ex. linea aspera of femur)

Question 16

spine

Answer 16

long, thin projection - spinous process (ex. scapular spine)

Question 17

tubercle

Answer 17

small, rounded projection (ex. greater tubercle of humerus)

Question 18

tuberosity

Answer 18

large, rounded projection (ex. ischial tuberosity)

Question 19

trochanter

Answer 19

very large prominence for muscle attachment (ex. greater trochanter of femur)