Part 3 Flashcards
Breast Shaped
Mastoid
A low ridge, less prominent than a crest
Line
A club-shaped or hammer-shaped process
Malleolus
A passageway through a bone
Meatus
A constricted portion adjacent to a head
Neck
An indentation or v-shaped depression
Notch
Associated with the nape of the neck
Nuchal
A supporting column or stalk
Pedicle
Like a rock
Petrous
A projection; a bony prominence
Process
A high place
Promontory
Winglike
Pterygoid
An angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure; a branch
Ramus
A partition
Septum
A cavity or hollow space in a bone
Sinus
A pointed, slender process
Spine
Flat, scalelike
Squamous
Pointed, pen-like
Styloid
A narrow groove
Sulcus
A massive, rough projection found only on the femur
Trochanter
The line of union in an immovable articulation
Suture
A smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process
Trochlea
A small, rounded projection
Tubercle
A large, rounded projection
Tuberosity
Shaped like a sword
Xiphoid
