Lab Week 3 Axial Skeleton

Question 0

Narrow ridge of bone

Answer 0

Crest

Question 1

Large rounded projection may be roughened

Answer 1

Tuberosity

Question 2

Very large blunt irregularly shaped process

Answer 2

Trochanter only found on femur

Question 3

Narrow ridge of bone less prominent than a crest

Answer 3

Line

Question 4

Small rounded projection or process

Answer 4

Tubercle

Question 5

Raised area on or above a condyle

Answer 5

Epicondyle

Question 6

Sharp slender often pointed projection

Answer 6

Spine

Question 7

Any bony prominence

Answer 7

Process

Question 8

Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

Answer 8

Head

Question 9

Smooth nearly flat articular surface

Answer 9

Facet

Question 10

Rounded articular projection

Answer 10

Condyle

Question 11

Arm like bar of bone

Answer 11

Ramus

Question 12

Furrow

Answer 12

Groove

Question 13

Narrow slitlike opening

Answer 13

Fissure

Question 14

Round or oval opening through a bone

Answer 14

Foramen

Question 15

Indentation at the edge of a structure

Answer 15

Notch

Question 16

Canal like passageway

Answer 16

Meatus

Question 17

Bone cavity filled with air and lined with mucous membrane

Answer 17

Sinus

Question 18

Shallow basin like depression in a bone often serving as an articular surface

Answer 18

Fossa

Question 19

Tiny canals radiating outward from a central canal to lacunae

Answer 19

Canaliculi

Question 20

Mature bone cells

Answer 20

Osteocytes

Question 21

Membrane covering bone

Answer 21

Periosteum

Question 22

Shaft of the bone

Answer 22

Diaphysis