Regional Introduction bones and nerves

Question 1

Fissure

Answer 1

Narrow slit between adjacent arts of bones that blood vessels or nerves pass

Question 2

Foramen

Answer 2

opening in bone through which blood vessels, nerves or ligaments pass

Question 3

Fossa

Answer 3

shallow depression

Question 4

Sulcus

Answer 4

furrow along a bone surface that accommodates a blood vessel, nerve, or tendon

Question 5

Meatus

Answer 5

tube like opening

example=>auditory meatus

Question 6

Facet

Answer 6

smooth flat articular surface

Question 7

Head

Answer 7

round articular projection supported on the neck of a bone

Question 8

Neck of a bone

Answer 8

constricted portion of a bone connected to a head

Question 9

Condyle

Answer 9

Large round protuberance at the end of a bone

Question 10

Epicondyle

Answer 10

projection above a condyle

Question 11

Trochanter

Answer 11

Very large projection

Question 12

Spinous process

Answer 12

sharp slender projection

Question 13

Crest

Answer 13

prominent ridge or elongation

Question 14

Line

Answer 14

long narrow ridge or border that is less prominent than a crest

Question 15

Tuberosity

Answer 15

large, rounded, usually roughened projection

Question 16

Describe Hiltons law

Answer 16

a nerve that innervates a joint also tends to innervate the muscle that moves the joint and the skin that covers the joint and its muscles

it arises from embryologic development

Question 17

Define entrapment neuropathy

Answer 17

physical compression or irritation of major nerve trunks and peripheral nerves producing