Skeletal

Question 1

FACET

Answer 1

(Depressions) Shallow indented surface where two bones meet to form a joint

Question 2

FOSSA

Answer 2

(Depressions) Deeper indented surface in a bone, usually allows a rounded surface of another bone to fit inside of it

Question 3

FOVEA

Answer 3

(Depressions) Shallow pit; often the site for the attachment of a ligament

Question 4

GROOVE

Answer 4

(Depressions) Long, typically shallow depression that usually allows a nerve or blood vessel to travel along the bone’s surface

Question 5

SULCUS

Answer 5

(Depressions) Another name for a groove

Question 6

CANAL

Answer 6

(Openings) Passageway through a bone

Question 7

FISSURE

Answer 7

(Openings) Slit within a bone or between bones

Question 8

FORAMEN

Answer 8

(Openings) Hole in a bone through which a structure such as a nerve or blood vessel passes

Question 9

MEATUS

Answer 9

(Openings) Another name for a canal

Question 10

CONDYLE

Answer 10

(Projections) Round end of a bone that fits into a fossa or facet of another bone at a joint

Question 11

CREST

Answer 11

(Projections) Ridge along a bone; generally a site of muscle attachment

Question 12

EPICONDYLE

Answer 12

(Projections) Small projection usually proximal to a condyle; generally the site of muscle attachment

Question 13

HEAD

Answer 13

(Projections) Rounded end of the bone that fits into a fossa to form a joint

Question 14

LINE

Answer 14

(Projections) Ridge along a bone where a muscle attaches

Question 15

PROCESS

Answer 15

(Projections) Any bony projection; generally the site of muscle attachment

Question 16

PROTUBERANCE

Answer 16

(Projections) An outgrowth from a bone due to repetitive pull from a muscle

Question 17

TROCHANTER

Answer 17

(Projections) Large bony projection to which muscles attach; only examples are in the femur (thigh bone)

Question 18

TUBERCLE

Answer 18

(Projections) Small rounded projection where muscles attach

Question 19

TUBEROSITY

Answer 19

(Projections) A larger, more prominent tubercle