Head & Neck Anatomy: Skeletal System Overview

Question 1

Any prominence on a bony surface (e.g. coronoid process of the mandible)

Answer 1

Process

Question 2

Oval prominence which usually involves joints

Answer 2

Condyle

Question 3

Rounded surface projected by a neck

Answer 3

Head

Question 4

Rough prominence which usually attaches muscles and tendons

Answer 4

Tuberosity

Question 5

Horn-like prominence

Answer 5

Cornu

Question 6

Rounded elevation

Answer 6

Tubercle

Question 7

A projecting structure is termed

Answer 7

Crest

Question 8

A raised margin is termed

Answer 8

Ridge

Question 9

A blunt sharp pointed projection is termed

Answer 9

Spine

Question 10

An indentation is termed

Answer 10

Notch

Question 11

A shallow depression that usually houses the arteries and nerves

Answer 11

Sulcus

Question 12

A deeper depression is termed

Answer 12

Fossa

Question 13

Small window-like opening

Answer 13

Foramen

Question 14

Long narrow tube-like opening in the bone

Answer 14

Canal

Question 15

Narrow cleft-like uneven opening

Answer 15

Fissure

Question 16

Union of bones by fibrous tissue. Immovable and more flexible in infants

Answer 16

Suture

Question 17

Site of union between bones

Answer 17

Joint