lab exam 1

Question 1

tuberosity

Answer 1

large rounded projection; may be roughened

projections that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment

Question 2

crest

Answer 2

narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent

projections that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment

Question 3

trochantar

Answer 3

very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process (the only examples are on the femur)

• (projections that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment)

Question 4

line

Answer 4

narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest

projections that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment

Question 5

tubercle

Answer 5

small rounded projection or process

projections that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment

Question 6

epicondyle

Answer 6

raised area on or above a condyle

projections that are sites of muscle and ligament attachment

Question 7

spine

Answer 7

sharp, slender, often pointed projection

Question 8

process

Answer 8

any bony prominence

Question 9

head

Answer 9

bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

surfaces that form joints

Question 10

facet

Answer 10

smooth, nearly flat articular surface

- surfaces that form joints

Question 11

condyle

Answer 11

rounded articular projection often articulated with a corresponding fossa

surfaces that form joints

Question 12

foramen

Answer 12

round or oval opening through a bone

depressions and openings

Question 13

groove

Answer 13

furrow

depressions and openings

Question 14

fissure

Answer 14

narrow, slitlike opening

depressions and openings

Question 15

notch

Answer 15

indentation @ edge of a structure

depressions and openings

Question 16

fossa

Answer 16

shallow basinlike depression in. abonel often serving as an articular surface

Question 17

meatus

Answer 17

canal-like passageway

Question 18

sinus

Answer 18

cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane

Question 19

regions of axial skeleton

Answer 19

1. skull - cranial bones & facial bones
2. vertebral column
3. thoracic cage (ribs, sternum, thoracic vertebrae)

Question 20

skull

Answer 20

22 bones

• 8 cranial cavities: surround cranial cavity which encloses the brain
• 14 facial bones support teeth, facial, and jaw muscles

Question 21

cranial bones

Answer 21

8 total

• frontal bone
• parietal bones (2)
• temporal bones (2)
• occipital bone
• sphenoid bone
• ethmoid bone

Question 22

facial bones

Answer 22

14

• maxillae (2)
• palatine bones (2)
• zygomatric bones (2)
• lacrimal bones (2)
• nasal bones (2)
• inferior nasal conchae (2)
• vomer
• mandible

Question 23

rostral

Answer 23

front of head

Question 24

caudal

Answer 24

back of head

Question 25

hyoid

Answer 25

looks like a mini mandible

• located immediately inferior to the mandible
• only bone in the skeleton tht does not articulate directly with another bone