Chapter 3: Skeletal System

Question 0

General term for any type of bony prominence

Answer 0

Process

Question 1

General term for an area of bone that consists of a flat, bony structure

Answer 1

Plate

Question 2

General term for a relatively large oval, convex bone prominence that is usually involved in joints

Answer 2

Condyle

Question 3

General term for a rounded surface projecting from a bone located by a neck

Answer 3

Head

Question 4

General term for a large, often rough prominence on a bone that usually serves as an attachment for muscles or tendons

Answer 4

Tuberosity

Question 5

general term for a bone that is shaped like a bridge, with a bowlike outline

Answer 5

arch

Question 6

general term for a hornlike prominence on a bone

Answer 6

cornu

Question 7

a small prominence that is located superior (above) or on a condyle

Answer 7

epicondyle

Question 8

used to describe a rounded elevation on a bony surface

Answer 8

tubercle

Question 9

used to describe a rounded elevation on a bony surface

Answer 9

eminence

Question 10

prominent, often roughened border or ridge on a bone

Answer 10

crest

Question 11

a small, straight ridge on bone

Answer 11

line

Question 12

an abrupt prominence on bone that may be blunt or sharply pointed

Answer 12

spine

Question 13

general term for an indentation at the edge of a bone

Answer 13

incisura

Question 14

general term for an indentation at the edge of a bone

Answer 14

notch

Question 15

a shallow depression or groove on bone that usually marks the course of a blood vessel

Answer 15

sulcus (plural, sulci)

Question 17

6 types of bony openings

Answer 17

Foramen
Canal
Meatus
Fissure
Ostium
Aperture

Question 18

Short windowlike opening in the bone

Answer 18

Foramen ( plural, foramina)

Question 19

Longer, narrow, tubelike opening in the bone

Answer 19

Canal

Question 20

Bone opening that is a type of canal

Answer 20

Meatus

Question 21

A narrow, cleftlike opening in the bone

Answer 21

Fissure

Question 22

A bone opening that is small and also serves as an entrance into a hollow organ or canal

Answer 22

Ostium (plural, ostia)

Question 23

General term used for an opening or orifice in a bone

Answer 23

Aperture

Question 24

generally a deeper depression on a bony surface

Answer 24

fossa (plural, fossae)

Question 25

area of the skeleton where bones are joined to each other

Answer 25

articulation

Question 26

a union of bones joined by fibrous tissue

Answer 26

suture

Question 27

how many bones make up the skull?

Answer 27

22

Question 28

how are the bones of the skull divided?

Answer 28

cranium with its cranial bones

face with its facial bones

Question 29

what are the facial bones of the skull?

Answer 29

lacrimal bone
nasal bone
vomer
inferior nasal concha
zygomatic bone
maxilla
mandible
palatine bone

Question 30

coronal sutures join

Answer 30

frontal bone and parietal bones

Question 31

frontonasal suture join

Answer 31

frontal bone and nasal bones

Question 32

intermaxillary suture join

Answer 32

maxillae

Question 33

lambdoidal suture join

Answer 33

occipital bone and parietal bones

Question 34

median palatine suture join

Answer 34

anterior: maxillae
posterior: palatine bones

Question 35

sagittal suture join

Answer 35

parietal bones

Question 36

squamosal sutures join

Answer 36

temporal bones and parietal bones

Question 37

temporozygomatic sutures join

Answer 37

zygomatic bones and temporal bones

Question 38

transverse palatine suture join

Answer 38

maxillae and palatine bones

Question 39

deepest part of the orbit; composed of the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone and palatine bone

Answer 39

orbital apex

Question 40

round opening in the orbital apex

Answer 40

optic canal

Question 41

what passes through optic canal?

Answer 41

second cranial or optic nerve

ophthalmic artery

Question 42

anterior opening of the nasal cavity

Answer 42

piriform aperture