Processes, Projections, Depressions

Question 1

Processes or Projections

Answer 1

Extend beyond or project out from the main body of a bone

Question 2

Depressions

Answer 2

Hollow or derpressed areas

Question 3

Fractures

Answer 3

A break in the bone

Question 4

Condyle

Answer 4

Rounded process at an articular end

Question 5

Caracoid or coronoid

Answer 5

beaklike or crownlike proecess

Question 6

Crest

Answer 6

ridgelike process

Question 7

Epicondyle

Answer 7

Projection above a condyle

Question 8

Facet

Answer 8

small, smooth-surfaced articular process

Question 9

Hamulus

Answer 9

hook-shaped process

Question 10

Head

Answer 10

Expanded end of a long bone

Question 11

Horn

Answer 11

Hornlike process

Question 12

Line

Answer 12

linear elevation; not as prominent as a crest

Question 13

Malleolus

Answer 13

Club-shaped process

Question 14

Protuberance

Answer 14

Projecting prominence

Question 15

Spine

Answer 15

Sharp process

Question 16

Styloid

Answer 16

Long, pointed process

Question 17

Trochanter

Answer 17

Either of the two large, rounded, and elevated processes of the proximal femur

Question 18

Tubercle

Answer 18

Small, rounded, and elevated process

Question 19

Tuberosity

Answer 19

Large, rounded, and elevated process

Question 20

Fissure

Answer 20

Cleft or deep groove (depression)

Question 21

Foramen

Answer 21

Hole in a bone for transmission of vessels and nerves

Question 22

Fossa

Answer 22

Pit, fovea, or hollow space

Question 23

Groove

Answer 23

Shallow linear channel

Question 24

Meatus

Answer 24

Tube-like passageway

Question 25

Notch

Answer 25

Indentation in the border of a bone

Question 26

Sinus

Answer 26

Recess, groove, cavity, or hollow space

Question 27

Sulcus

Answer 27

Furrow or trench