Ch.1 Axial System Vocab

Question 1

alveolus

Answer 1

a deep pit or socket in the maxillae (upper mouth) or mandible (jaw)

Question 2

articulation

Answer 2

the junction between two bones

Question 3

auricular

Answer 3

ear-shaped

Question 4

bifid

Answer 4

cleft into 2 parts or branches

Question 5

capitulum

Answer 5

a little head

Question 6

concha

Answer 6

a spiral structure like a seashell

Question 7

coracoid

Answer 7

describing a projection like a crow’s beak

Question 8

condyle

Answer 8

a large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure

Question 9

coronoid

Answer 9

describing a triangular projection that ends in a sharp point

Question 10

costal

Answer 10

associated with or a part of the ribs

Question 11

crest

Answer 11

a narrow, prominent (raised) ridgelike projection

Question 12

cribriform

Answer 12

perforated like a sieve

Question 13

cuneiform

Answer 13

wedge-shaped

Question 14

demifacet

Answer 14

half of a facet, part of an articular surface shared by 2 adjacent bones

Question 15

diaphysis

Answer 15

the middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

Question 16

eminence

Answer 16

an elevation or projection, especially on a bone

Question 17

epiphysis

Answer 17

the end of a long bone

Question 18

facet

Answer 18

a small, flat, shallow, articulating surface

Question 19

fissure

Answer 19

a narrow, slit-like opening through a bone

Question 20

foramen

Answer 20

a rounded passageway through a bone

Question 21

fossa

Answer 21

a flattened or shallow depression

Question 22

fovea

Answer 22

a small pit or depression

Question 23

glenoid

Answer 23

shaped like a shallow socket

Question 24

head

Answer 24

a prominent, rounded epiphysis

Question 25

hiatus

Answer 25

a gap

Question 26

lamina

Answer 26

a thin, flat plate

Question 27

line

Answer 27

a low ridge, less prominent than a crest

Question 28

malleolus

Answer 28

a club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

Question 29

mastoid

Answer 29

breast-shaped

Question 30

meatus

Answer 30

a passageway through a bone

Question 31

neck

Answer 31

a constricted portion adjacent to a head

Question 32

notch

Answer 32

an indentation or V-shaped depression

Question 33

nuchal

Answer 33

associated with the nape of the neck

Question 34

pedicle

Answer 34

a supporting column or stalk

Question 35

petrous

Answer 35

like a rock

Question 36

process

Answer 36

a projection; a bony prominence

Question 37

promontory

Answer 37

a high place

Question 38

pterygoid

Answer 38

winglike

Question 39

ramus

Answer 39

an angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure, a branch

Question 40

septum

Answer 40

a partition

Question 41

sinus

Answer 41

a cavity or hollow space in the bone

Question 42

spine

Answer 42

a pointed, slender process

Question 43

squamous

Answer 43

flat, scale-like

Question 44

styloid

Answer 44

pointed, pen-like

Question 45

sulcus

Answer 45

a narrow groove

Question 46

suture

Answer 46

the line of union in an immovable articulation

Question 47

trochanter

Answer 47

a massive, rough projection found only on the femur

Question 48

trochlea

Answer 48

a smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process

Question 49

tubercle

Answer 49

a small, round projection

Question 50

tuberosity

Answer 50

a large, rough projection

Question 51

xiphoid

Answer 51

shaped like a sword