Lab Test Study Guide 1 Flashcards
What is a narrow, slit-like opening?
A fissure
What is a cavity or hollow space in a bone?
A sinus
What is a narrow, ridge-like projection?
A crest
What is a flattened or shallow articulating surface?
A facet
What is a large, rounded articulating knob?
A Condyle
What is a flattened or shallow surface?
A fossa
What is a tube-like passageway through a bone?
A meatus or canal
What is a groove in a bone?
A sulcus
What is a large roughened process?
A tuberosity
What is any marked bony prominence?
A process
What is a prominent, rounded, articulating end of a bone?
A head
What is a sharp, slender process?
A spine
What is a deep pit or socket?
An alveolus
What is a small rounded process?
A tubercle
What is a rounded opening through a bone?
A foramen
What is a small pit or depression that may or may not be articular?
Fovea
What is a large process found only on the femur?
The trochanter
What is a projection above a condyle?
Epicondyle
