lab #1

Question 1

condyle

Answer 1

a rounded articular process

Question 2

crest

Answer 2

a ridge of bone which muscles are attached

Question 3

eminence

Answer 3

a bony projection; usually not as prominent as a process

Question 4

epicondyle

Answer 4

a nonarticular projection adjacent to a condyle

Question 5

facet

Answer 5

a small, smooth and flat or slightly convex/concave surface

Question 6

head

Answer 6

a large, round, articular end of a bone

Question 7

process

Answer 7

a bony prominence

Question 8

malleolus

Answer 8

rounded protuberance adjacent to the ankle joint

Question 9

neck

Answer 9

the narrow section of a bone between the head and shaft

Question 10

styloid

Answer 10

a “pen” like projection

Question 11

trochanters

Answer 11

two large, prominent, rugose processes found on the femur

Question 12

tuberosity

Answer 12

a large, rough eminence of variable shape; often as a ligament or tendon attachment

Question 13

tubercle

Answer 13

a small tuberosity, usually rounded

Question 14

foramen

Answer 14

opening through a bone, usually a passage for blood vessels and nerves

Question 15

fossa

Answer 15

a broad or shallow depressed area

Question 16

fovea

Answer 16

a pit-like, depressed area; smaller than a fossa

Question 17

notch

Answer 17

a depressed area where another bone articulates

Question 18

anatomical position

Answer 18

feet forward, face forward, palms forward

Question 19

epiphysis

Answer 19

expanded articular end of long bones

Question 20

diaphysis

Answer 20

long shaft of long bones

Question 21

articular surface

Answer 21

where two or more bones make contact and usually allow movement

Question 22

compact

Answer 22

cortical bone

Question 23

cancellous

Answer 23

trabecular, spongy, bone