chapter 15 Flashcards
bone head
rounded end of bone
condyle
rounded knuckle like process, at end of bone
epicondyle
small rounded process, above condyle
trochanters
large and small processes for tendon attachements on femur
tuberosity (tubercle)
round elevation where tendons and muscles attach on humerus, heel bone (calcaneuous), and pelvis
fissure
narrow groove or slit opening
foramen
opening for blood vessels and nerves
fossa
shallow cavity in or on bone
sinus
hollow cavity within bone
ethmoid bone
supports nasal cavity and eye sockets
frontal bone
forehead, part of eye sockets
occipital
back and base of skull
parietal bone
top and side of skull
sphenoid bone
base of skull, behind eyes (bat shaped)
temporal bone
lower sides and back of skull
lacrimal bones
corners of each eye
mandible
lower jawbone
maxillae
upper jawbones
nasal bones
bridge and septum of nose
vomer
nasal septum (thin, flat bone)
zygomatic bones
cheek bones
calc/o, calci/o
calcium
kyph/o
humpback, hunchback (curvature in thoracic region)
lamin/o
lamina (part of vertebral arch)
lord/o
curve, swayback (anterior curvature in lumbar region)
lumb/o
loins, lower back
myel/o
bone marrow
orth/o
straight
oste/o
bone
scoli/o
crooked, bent (lateral curvature)
spondyl/o (used to make words about conditions of structure)
vertebra
vertebr/o (used to describe structure itself)
vertebra
-blast
embryonic or immature cell
-clast
to break
-listhesis
slipping
-malacia
softening
-physis
to grow
-porosis
pore, passage
-tome
instrument to cut
acetabul/o
acetabulum (hip socket)
calcane/o
calcaneus (heel)
carp/o
carpals (wrist bones)
clavicul/o
clavicle (collar bone)
cost/o
ribs (true ribs, false ribs, floating ribs)
crani/o
cranium (skull)
femor/o
femur (thigh bone)
fibul/o
fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
ili/o
ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)
ischi/o
ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)
malleol/o
malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jawbone)
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jawbone)
metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
metatarsa/o
metatarsals (foot bones)
olecran/o
olecranon (elbow)