Lecture 3 Flashcards
Three fxns of bone markings
1-Sites of attafchment for muscles, tendons and ligaments
2-Joint surfaces
3- Consduits for blood vessels and nerves
Projections (sites of attachment)
large, blunt, irregular surface
Trochanter
Projections (sites of attachment)
rounded projection
Tuberosity
Projections (sites of attachment)
Trochanter
Tuberosity
Tubercle
Spine
Crest
Line
Projections (sites of attachment)
small rounded projection
Tubercle
Projections (sites of attachment)
sharp, slender projection
Spine
Projections (sites of attachment)
narrow, prominent ridge of bone
crest
Projections (sites of attachment)
narrow ridge of bone
line
Projections (sites of attachment)
raised area above a condyle
epicondyle
Projections (sites of attachment)
any bony prominence
process
Projections (that form joints)
bony expansion carried on a narrow neck
head
Projections (that form joints)
rounded articular projection
condyle
Projections (that form joints)
smooth, nearly flat articular surface
facet
Bone markings (depressions and openings)
canal-like passageway
meatus
Bone markings (depressions and openings)
round of oval opening through a bone
foramen
Bone markings (depressions and openings)
cavity within a bone
sinus
Bone markings (depressions and openings)
A furrow
Groove
Bone markings (depressions and openings)
Shallow, basin-like depression
Fossa
Bone markings (depressions and openings)
Narrow, slit-like opening
Fissure
Outer layer of bone
Compact
Honeycomb of TRABECULAE filled with red marrow
Spongy, Cancellous
Tubular shaft of long bones containing yellow bone marrow
Diaphysis
Expanded ends of long bones, partly covered in hyaline cartilage
Epiphyses
Line that separates diaphysis from the Epiphyses
Epiphyseal line