Chapter 7 Vocab Quiz

Question 1

rounded process that usually articulates with another bone

Answer 1

Condyle

Question 2

narrow, ridgelike projection

Answer 2

crest

Question 3

projection situated above a condyle

Answer 3

edicondyle

Question 4

small, nearly flat surface

Answer 4

facet

Question 5

soft spot in the skull where membranes cover the space between bones

Answer 5

fontanel

Question 6

opening through a bone that usually is a passageway for blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments

Answer 6

foramen

Question 7

relatively deep pit or depression

Answer 7

Fossa

Question 8

tiny pit or depression

Answer 8

fovea

Question 9

enlargement on the end of a bone

Answer 9

head

Question 10

tubelike passageway within a bone

Answer 10

meatus

Question 11

prominent projectino on a bone

Answer 11

process

Question 12

cavity within a bone

Answer 12

sinus

Question 13

thornlike projection

Answer 13

spine

Question 14

forrow or grove

Answer 14

sulcus

Question 15

small, knoblike process

Answer 15

tubercle

Question 16

interlocking line of union between bones

Answer 16

suture

Question 17

relatively large process

Answer 17

trochanter

Question 18

knoblike process usually larger than a tubercle

Answer 18

tuberosity