shapes of bones and bone markings

Question 1

what are the 5 shapes of bones?

Answer 1

long, short, flat, irregular, and sesamoid

Question 2

Location and function of long bones

Answer 2

Longer than they are wide, slightly curve for strength, humerus, ulne, radius, tibia, fibula, etc

Question 3

Location and features of short bones

Answer 3

Cube shaped, spongy,some of the carpals and tarsals

Question 4

Location and features of Irregular

Answer 4

Complex shaped,vary in spongy/ compact, facial, vertebrae

Question 5

Sesamoid description

Answer 5

Embedded within a tendon, knee

Question 6

flat bone

Answer 6

provide protection for underlying organs, provide surface area for muscle attachment

Question 7

Foramen

Answer 7

an opening or hole through a bone which serves as a passageway for nerves or blood vessels

Question 8

Meatus

Answer 8

A tube like passage within a bone

Question 9

Sinus

Answer 9

A space within a bone lined with a mucus membrane to reduce the weight of the bone

Question 10

Fossa

Answer 10

Depression or groove in the bone

Question 11

Condyle

Answer 11

A large prominence on a bone

Question 12

tuberosity

Answer 12

rounded process, roughened area for muscle attachment

Question 13

trochanter

Answer 13

large, blunt process used for muscle attachment

Question 14

tubercle

Answer 14

small rounded process for muscle attachment, humurous

Question 15

process

Answer 15

any projection from the surface of bone used in muscle attachment