BS: Bone Markings

Question 1

M/L: Tuberosity

Answer 1

large rounded projection; may be roughened

Question 2

M/L: Crest

Answer 2

narrow, prominent ridge of bone

Question 3

M/L: Trochanted

Answer 3

large, blunt, irregularly shaped process (FEMUR ONLY)

Question 4

M/L: Line

Answer 4

narrow ridge

Question 5

M/L: Turbercle

Answer 5

small rounded prohection

Question 6

M/L: Epicondyle

Answer 6

raised area on or above condyle

Question 7

M/L: Spine

Answer 7

sharp, slender, pointed projection

Question 8

M/L: Process

Answer 8

any bone prominence

Question 9

J: Head

Answer 9

bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

Question 10

J: Facet

Answer 10

smooth, nearly flat articular surface

Question 11

J: Condyle

Answer 11

rounded articular projection

Question 12

J: Ramus

Answer 12

armlike bar of bone

Question 13

D/O: Groove

Answer 13

furrow

Question 14

D/O: Fissure

Answer 14

narrow, slitlike opening

Question 15

D/O: Notch

Answer 15

indentation at the edge of a structure

Question 16

D/O: Meatus

Answer 16

canal-like passageway

Question 17

D/O: Sinus

Answer 17

cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane

Question 18

D/O: Fossa

Answer 18

shallow, basinlike depression in a bone often serving as an articular surface