Exam 2: Ch. 7 Flashcards
term: angle
bend
term: condyle
smooth rounded articular surface
term: facet
small flattened articular surface
term: process
prominent projection
term: tubercle
small rounded bump
term: tuberosity
knob
term: trochanter
tuberosity on proximal femur
term: epicondyle
near or above condyle
ridges: line/linea
low ridge
ridges: crest/crista
prominent ridge
ridges: spine
very high ridge
openings: foramen
hole
openings: canal or meatus
tunnel
openings: fissure
cleft
openings: sinus or labryinth
cavity
depressions: fossa
depression
depressions: notch
depression in bone margin
depressions: fovea
little pit
depressions: groove or sulcus
deeper, narrow depression
4 parts of axial skeleton
- skull
- hyoid
- vertebral column
- thoracic cage
part of orbit: frontal
roof
part of orbit: sphenoid
roof and posterolateral wall
part of orbit: zygomatic
lateral wall
part of orbit: maxilla
floor