Lab practical 2: Bone markings

Question 1

Facet

Answer 1

Shallow indented surface where two bones meet to form a joint.

Question 2

Fossa

Answer 2

Deep indented surface in a bone, usually allows a rounded surface of another bone to fit inside it.

Question 3

Fovea

Answer 3

Shallow pit; often the site for the attachment of a ligament

Question 4

Groove

Answer 4

Long, typically shallow depression that usually allows a nerve or blood vessel to travel along the bone’s surface.

Question 5

Sulcus

Answer 5

Another name for groove.

Question 6

Canal

Answer 6

Passageway through a bone

Question 7

Fissure

Answer 7

Slit within a bone or between bones

Question 8

Foramen

Answer 8

Hole in a bone through which a structure such as a nerve or blood vessel passes.

Question 9

Meatus

Answer 9

Another name for a canal

Question 10

Condyle

Answer 10

Round end of a bone that fits into a fossa or facet of another bone at a joint.

Question 11

Crest

Answer 11

Ridge along a bone; generally a site of muscle attachment

Question 12

Epicondyle

Answer 12

Small project usually proximal to a condyle; generally the site of muscle attachment

Question 13

Head

Answer 13

Rounded end of the bone that fits into a fossa to form a joint

Question 14

Line

Answer 14

Ridge along a bone where a muscle attaches

Question 15

Process

Answer 15

Any body projection; generally the site of muscle attachment

Question 16

Protuberance

Answer 16

An outgrowth from a bone due to repetitive pull from a muscle

Question 17

Trochanter

Answer 17

Large bony projection to which muscle attach; only examples are in the femur

Question 18

Tubercle

Answer 18

Small rounded projection where muscles attach

Question 19

Tuberosity

Answer 19

A larger, more prominent tubercle