Bony Landmarks

Question 1

condyle

Answer 1

large convex protrusion, usually contacts another bone

Question 2

crest

Answer 2

raised part of edge of bone

Question 3

epicondyle

Answer 3

prominence on top of a condyle

Question 4

facet

Answer 4

smooth, flat surface, provides surface for gliding joint

Question 5

foramen (foramina is plural)

Answer 5

a hole! for nerves and vessels

Question 6

fossa

Answer 6

SHALLOW depression in bone

Question 7

groove

Answer 7

groove that provides a space for nerves. vessels or tendons to run

Question 8

head

Answer 8

rounded, prominent extension of bone

Question 9

line

Answer 9

subtle impression on bone, long and skinny

Question 10

malleolus

Answer 10

bony prominence on each side of human ankle

Question 11

notch

Answer 11

A depression in a bone which often provides stabilization to an adjacent articulating bone.

Question 12

process

Answer 12

large bony outgrowth

Question 13

protuberance

Answer 13

bulging, swelling parts of bone (occipital protuberance)

Question 14

spine/spinous process

Answer 14

long, slender projection of the bone

Question 15

trochanter

Answer 15

only on femur (greater and lesser); very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process of the femur

Question 16

trochlea

Answer 16

looks and acts like a pulley in system (medial distal end of humerus); rounded end that fits in with something else

Question 17

tubercle

Answer 17

very small, rounded prominence (tuberosity is larger)