Depressions/Openings That Allow Blood Vessels And Nerves To Pass

Question 0

Fissure

Answer 0

Narrow, slit like opening

Example:
Eye socket

Question 1

Sinus

Answer 1

Cavity within a bone filled with air and lined with mucous membrane

Example:
Frontal
Nose
Ethmoid

Question 2

Foramen

Answer 2

Round or oval opening through a bone

Example:
Inferior skill “magnum”
Mandible ( chin area )

Question 3

Groove

Answer 3

Furrow

Example:
Mandible
Humerous

Question 4

Meatus

Answer 4

Canal like passageway

Example:
Auditory Meatus ( your ear)

** canal like passage = ear = ear canal

Question 5

Fossa

Answer 5

Shallow, basin like depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface

Example:
Supraspinous
Subscalpular

Question 6

Notch

Answer 6

Groove or space for structures to lie in

Example:
Sternal/Jugular notch ( notch at base of throat )