Chapter 8- Skeletal System Flashcards
Condyle
Rounded knob
Usually fits in a fossa to form a joint
Facet
Flat surface
Head
Prominent expanded end of a bone
Crest
Raised edge
Epicondyle
Bump superior to a condyle
Process
Projection or raised area
Spine
Sharp pointed process
Trochanter
Large process
Only found in the femur
Tubercle
Small rounded process
Tuberosity
Rough raised bump usually forms muscle attachment
Fossa
Depression
Fovea
Small pit
Sulcus
Groove or elongated depression
Canal
Tunnel through a bone
Fissure
Long slit for blood vessels and nerves
Foremen
Rounded opening usually a passageway for vessels and nerves
Meatus
Tube like opening
Sinus
Cavity with out bone
Cervical vertebrae
Top 7
Thoracic vertebrae
Middle 12
Lumbar vertebrae
Bottom 5
Sacrum vertebrae
Bottom 4-5 fused
Coccyx vertebrae
4 fused
Nucleus pulposus
Gel like core of vertebral disc