Skeletal System Flashcards
A deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible
Alveolus
The midline portion of a long bone, the shaft
Diaphysis
an elevation or projection especially on a bone
Eminence
A prominent , rounded epiphysis
Head
a little head
Capitulum
Associated w/ or a part of the ribs
Costal
a narrow , prominent ridge like projection
Crest
Half of a facet , part of an articular surface shared by 2 adjacent bones
Demifacet
A projection adjacent to a condyle
Epicondyle
Ear shaped
Auricular
the junction of two bones
articulation
A rounded passageway through a bone
Foramen
Wedge - shaped
Cuneiform
Describing a triangle projection ending in a sharp point
Coronoid
Describing a projection shaped like a crows beak
Coracoid
A large , smooth rounded articulating oval structure
Condyle
A spiritual structure like a seashell
Concha
A flattened or shallow depression
Fossa
Like a rock
Petrous
a supporting column or stalk
Pedicle
Associated w/ the nape of the neck
Nuchal
An indentation or v shaped depression
Notch
A constricted portion adjacent to a head
Neck
A passage way through a bone
Meatus
Breast shaped
Mastoid
a club shaped or hammer shaped process
Malleolus
A low ridge less prominent than a crest
Line
a thin flat plate
Lamina
A small pit of depression
Fovea
The end of a long bone
Epiphysis
A small , flat, shallow articulating surface
Facet
A gap
Hiatus
Winglike
Pterygoid
Flat, Scalelike
Squamous
Smooth , grooved pulley like articular process
Trochlea
A narrow slit-like opening through a bone
Fissure
Shaped like a shallow socket
Glenoid
A small , round projection
Tubercle
Performed like a sieve
Cribriform
A narrow groove
Sulcus
Cleft into two parts or branches
Bifid
a large, rough projection
Tuberosity
A massive , rough projection found only on the femur
Trochanter
The line of union in an immovable articulation
Suture
