MSK Session 1

Question 1

Fovea

Answer 1

Pit like landmark

Question 2

Sulcus/Groove

Answer 2

Furrow that accommodates soft tissue

Eg blood vessels or nerves

Question 3

Fossa

Answer 3

Basin-like depression

Question 4

Cavity

Answer 4

Spacious open area

Question 5

Notch

Answer 5

C or U shaped depression

Question 6

Fissure

Answer 6

Narrow slit-like opening between adjacent parts of bones that blood vessels or nerves pass through

Question 7

Foramen

Answer 7

Hole

Question 8

Canal

Answer 8

Tube-like passageway

Question 9

PROCESSESS

Answer 9

Prominent projections of the bone, can be articulating and non-articulating

Question 10

Articulating: head

Answer 10

Rounded articulating projection suppported by a neck

Eg head of humerus

Question 11

Articulating: condyle

Answer 11

Large, knuckle-like, projection

Question 12

Articulating: facet

Answer 12

Smooth flat surface eg in vertebrae

Question 13

Non-articulating: Epicondyle

Answer 13

Smaller projection above the condyle (usually an attachment site for muscles and ligaments)
Eg medial epicondylitis of femur

Question 14

Non-articulating: Trochanter

Answer 14

Blunt projection - only on femur

Eg greater and lesser trochanters of femur

Question 15

Non-articulating: Tubercle

Answer 15

Small knob-like, rounded process

Eg greater tubercle of humerus

Question 16

Non-articulating: Tuberosity

Answer 16

Large, often rounded, roughened process

Eg tibial tuberosity

Question 17

Non-articulating: Crest

Answer 17

Prominent border or ridge

Eg iliac crest

Question 18

Non-articulating: Line

Answer 18

Less prominent ridge than a crest

Eg lina aspera

Question 19

Non-articulating: Spine

Answer 19

Sharp slender processes

Eg spinous process of vertebra