Skeletal System

Question 1

A deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

Answer 1

Alveolus

Question 2

The midline portion of a long bone, the shaft

Answer 2

Diaphysis

Question 3

an elevation or projection especially on a bone

Answer 3

Eminence

Question 4

A prominent , rounded epiphysis

Answer 4

Head

Question 5

a little head

Answer 5

Capitulum

Question 6

Associated w/ or a part of the ribs

Answer 6

Costal

Question 7

a narrow , prominent ridge like projection

Answer 7

Crest

Question 8

Half of a facet , part of an articular surface shared by 2 adjacent bones

Answer 8

Demifacet

Question 9

A projection adjacent to a condyle

Answer 9

Epicondyle

Question 10

Ear shaped

Answer 10

Auricular

Question 11

the junction of two bones

Answer 11

articulation

Question 12

A rounded passageway through a bone

Answer 12

Foramen

Question 13

Wedge - shaped

Answer 13

Cuneiform

Question 14

Describing a triangle projection ending in a sharp point

Answer 14

Coronoid

Question 15

Describing a projection shaped like a crows beak

Answer 15

Coracoid

Question 16

A large , smooth rounded articulating oval structure

Answer 16

Condyle

Question 17

A spiritual structure like a seashell

Answer 17

Concha

Question 18

A flattened or shallow depression

Answer 18

Fossa

Question 19

Like a rock

Answer 19

Petrous

Question 20

a supporting column or stalk

Answer 20

Pedicle

Question 21

Associated w/ the nape of the neck

Answer 21

Nuchal

Question 22

An indentation or v shaped depression

Answer 22

Notch

Question 23

A constricted portion adjacent to a head

Answer 23

Neck

Question 24

A passage way through a bone

Answer 24

Meatus

Question 25

Breast shaped

Answer 25

Mastoid

Question 26

a club shaped or hammer shaped process

Answer 26

Malleolus

Question 27

A low ridge less prominent than a crest

Answer 27

Line

Question 28

a thin flat plate

Answer 28

Lamina

Question 29

A small pit of depression

Answer 29

Fovea

Question 30

The end of a long bone

Answer 30

Epiphysis

Question 31

A small , flat, shallow articulating surface

Answer 31

Facet

Question 32

A gap

Answer 32

Hiatus

Question 33

Winglike

Answer 33

Pterygoid

Question 34

Flat, Scalelike

Answer 34

Squamous

Question 35

Smooth , grooved pulley like articular process

Answer 35

Trochlea

Question 36

A narrow slit-like opening through a bone

Answer 36

Fissure

Question 37

Shaped like a shallow socket

Answer 37

Glenoid

Question 38

A small , round projection

Answer 38

Tubercle

Question 39

Performed like a sieve

Answer 39

Cribriform

Question 40

A narrow groove

Answer 40

Sulcus

Question 41

Cleft into two parts or branches

Answer 41

Bifid

Question 42

a large, rough projection

Answer 42

Tuberosity

Question 43

A massive , rough projection found only on the femur

Answer 43

Trochanter

Question 44

The line of union in an immovable articulation

Answer 44

Suture