Glossary of Bone Markings

Question 1

Body

Answer 1

main center of bone

Question 2

Shaft

Answer 2

diaphysis of long bones (edges=borders; between borders=surfaces)

Question 3

Ramus

Answer 3

Projection away from body

Question 4

Process

Answer 4

Prominent porjection

Question 5

Head

Answer 5

Enlargement (neck-constricted region below head)

Question 6

Condyle

Answer 6

Rounded articular process

Question 7

Facet

Answer 7

Smooth, flat articular process

Question 8

Trochlea

Answer 8

Pulleyshaped process

Question 9

Capitulum

Answer 9

Rounded articular process

Question 10

Malleolus

Answer 10

Large process of tibia or fibula

Question 11

Tubercle

Answer 11

Small, rounded process

Question 12

Tuberosity

Answer 12

Large tubercle

Question 13

Trochanter

Answer 13

Large process on femur

Question 14

Acromion

Answer 14

Large process on scapula

Question 15

Epicondyle

Answer 15

Process above condyle

Question 16

Eminence

Answer 16

Small prominence

Question 17

Crest

Answer 17

Narrow, ridgelike process

Question 18

Line

Answer 18

Linear elevation

Question 19

Spine

Answer 19

Sharp pointed process

Question 20

Miscellaneous process

Answer 20

e.g. styloid process, coracoid process, coronoid process

Question 21

Fossa

Answer 21

Depression or pit

Question 22

Fovea

Answer 22

Small depression

Question 23

Acetabbulum

Answer 23

Large depression of coxal bone

Question 24

Notch

Answer 24

Indentation

Question 25

Grrove or sulcus

Answer 25

Long narrow depression

Question 26

Foramen

Answer 26

Round or oval opening through a bone

Question 27

Meatus or canal

Answer 27

Canal-like passageway

Question 28

Fissure

Answer 28

Narrow, slit-like opening

Question 29

Sinus or antrum

Answer 29

Cavity within a bone