Bony Landmarks helpful terms

Question 1

condyle

Answer 1

rounded articular project; often with corresponding fossa

Question 2

crest

Answer 2

narrow ridge of bone, usually prominent

Question 3

epicondyle

Answer 3

raised area on or above a condyle

Question 4

facet

Answer 4

smooth, nearly flat articular surface

Question 5

fossa

Answer 5

shallow, basin-like depression in a bone

Question 6

foramen

Answer 6

round or oval opening through a bone

Question 7

head

Answer 7

bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

Question 8

meatus

Answer 8

canal-like passageway

Question 9

neck

Answer 9

narrowing/constricting part of the bone

Question 10

orifice

Answer 10

an opening through which something may pass

Question 11

pedicle

Answer 11

short bony pillars projecting from the vertebral body

Question 12

process

Answer 12

any bony prominence

Question 13

ramus

Answer 13

branch of a nerve, artery, vein, or bone

Question 14

sesmoid

Answer 14

short bones embedded in tendons (influence action of muscle)

Question 15

sinus

Answer 15

cavity with in a bone, filled with air and lined in a mucus membrane

Question 16

sulcus

Answer 16

narrow groove

Question 17

suture

Answer 17

an immovable fibrous joint

Question 18

trochanture

Answer 18

very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process

Question 19

tubercle

Answer 19

small rounded projection/process

Question 20

spine

Answer 20

sharp, slender, often pointed projection

Question 21

tuberosity

Answer 21

large rounded projection; may be roughened