Bony Landmarks

Question 1

Bony Landmarks

Process

Answer 1

a broad designation for a bump on a bone (e.g., mastoid process, xiphoid process)

Question 2

Bony Landmarks

Spine

Answer 2

an abrupt or pointed projection (e.g., the spine of the scapula, the anterior superior iliac spine)

Question 3

Bony Landmarks

Trochanter

Answer 3

a large blunt process (e.g., greater and lesser trochanter of the femur)

Question 4

Bony Landmarks

Tubercle

Answer 4

a small bump (e.g., the greater and lesser tubercles of the humerus)

Question 5

Bony Landmarks

Tuberosity

Answer 5

a large, often rough bump (e.g., ischial tuberosity)

Question 6

Bony Landmarks

Line

Answer 6

a ridge that doesn’t stick up very far (e.g., the linea aspera of the femur)

Question 7

Bony Landmarks

Crest

Answer 7

a prominent ridge (e.g., the iliac crest)

Question 8

Bony Landmarks

Head

Answer 8

a large rounded end of a long bone, usually set off from the rest of the bone by a “neck” (e.g., the head of the humerus, the head of the femur)

Question 9

Bony Landmarks

Condyle

Answer 9

the rounded end of a long bone, usually not set off by a neck, usually smaller than a head (e.g., the medial and lateral condyles of the femur)

Question 10

Bony Landmarks

Epicondyle

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Bony Landmarks

Facet

Answer 11

a smooth, mostly flat surface on a bone (e.g., the facets of the vertebrae)

Question 12

Bony Landmarks

Fossa

Answer 12

a basin-like depression in a bone (e.g., supraspinous fossa)

Question 13

Bony Landmarks

Foramen

Answer 13

a hole in a bone (e.g., foramen magnum on skull, foramina on sacrum)

Question 14

Bony Landmarks

Notch

Answer 14

a deep indentation in a bone (e.g., sciatic notch)

Question 15

Bony Landmarks

Angle

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Bony Landmarks

a broad designation for a bump on a bone

Answer 16

Process

(e.g., mastoid process, xiphoid process)

Question 17

Bony Landmarks

an abrupt or pointed projection

Answer 17

Spine

(e.g., the spine of the scapula, the anterior superior iliac spine)

Question 18

Bony Landmarks

a large blunt process

Answer 18

Trochanter

(e.g., greater and lesser trochanter of the femur)

Question 19

Bony Landmarks

a small bump

Answer 19

Tubercle

(e.g., the greater and lesser tubercles of the humerus)

Question 20

Bony Landmarks

a large, often rough bump

Answer 20

Tuberosity

(e.g., ischial tuberosity)

Question 21

Bony Landmarks

a ridge that doesn’t stick up very far

Answer 21

Line

(e.g., the linea aspera of the femur)

Question 22

Bony Landmarks

a prominent ridge

Answer 22

Crest

(e.g., the iliac crest)

Question 23

Bony Landmarks

a large rounded end of a long bone, usually set off from the rest of the bone by a “neck”

Answer 23

Head

(e.g., the head of the humerus, the head of the femur)

Question 24

Bony Landmarks

the rounded end of a long bone, usually not set off by a neck, usually smaller than a head

Answer 24

Condyle

(e.g., the medial and lateral condyles of the femur)

Question 25

Bony Landmarks

a bump above a condyle

Answer 25

Epicondyle

(e.g., the medial and lateral epicondyles of the humerus are located above the medial and lateral condyles of the humerus)

Question 26

Bony Landmarks

a smooth, mostly flat surface on a bone

Answer 26

Facet

(e.g., the facets of the vertebrae)

Question 27

Bony Landmarks

a basin-like depression in a bone

Answer 27

Fossa

(e.g., supraspinous fossa)

Question 28

Bony Landmarks

a hole in a bone

Answer 28

Foramen

(e.g., foramen magnum on skull, foramina on sacrum)

Question 29

Bony Landmarks

a deep indentation in a bone

Answer 29

Notch

(e.g., sciatic notch)

Question 30

Bony Landmarks

a diverging of two bony edges from common point

Answer 30

Angle

(e.g., superior and inferior angles of the scapula)