Skeletal System Terminology

Question 1

*

Answer 1

site of muscle and/or ligament attachment

Question 2

@

Answer 2

takes part in joint formation

Question 3

#

Answer 3

passageway for nerves, blood vessels or ducts

Question 4

rounded, convex projection @

Answer 4

condyle

Question 5

shaped like a cone *

Answer 5

conoid

Question 6

hooked or curved *

Answer 6

coronoid

Question 7

prominent narrow ridge of bone *

Answer 7

crest

Question 8

elevated area above a condyle*

Answer 8

epicondyle

Question 9

flat, smooth articular surface @

Answer 9

facet

Question 10

narrow, usually long, slit like opening #

Answer 10

fissure

Question 11

round or oval opening (hole) through bone #

Answer 11

foramen (foramina)

Question 12

shallow depression *@

Answer 12

fossa

Question 13

narrow channel#

Answer 13

groove

Question 14

round expanded structure supported on neck @

Answer 14

head

Question 15

narrow ridge of bone, less prominent than a crest

Answer 15

line

Question 16

canal #

Answer 16

meatus

Question 17

projection (often named after the bone it articulates with) *@

Answer 17

process

Question 18

arm-like projection @

Answer 18

ramus

Question 19

air filled cavity (air cell) within bone

Answer 19

sinus

Question 20

sharp (pointed), slender process *

Answer 20

spine

Question 21

needle-like

Answer 21

styloid

Question 22

groove or furrow #

Answer 22

sulcus (sulci, plr)

Question 23

large, irregularly shaped projection (process) *

Answer 23

trochanter

Question 24

resembles a pulley @

Answer 24

trochlea

Question 25

small, rounded projection *

Answer 25

tubercle

Question 26

large, elevated, rounded projection with a roughened surface *

Answer 26

tuberosity