Skeletal System Terminology Flashcards
Articulation
Joint
Brachium
Upper Arm
Antebrachium
Lower Arm
Costa
Rib
Suture
Fibrous Joint Between Flat Bone of Skull
Pollex
Thumb
Hallux
Big Toe
Alveolus
Tooth Socket
Auricular
Shaped Like a External Ear
Condyle
Round, Convex Projection (Joint Formation)
Conoid
Shaped like a Cone (site of muscle)
Coronoid
Hooked or Curved (site of muscle)
Crest
Prominent Narrow Ridge of Bone
Epicondyle
Elevated area above a condyle (site of muscle)
Facet
Flat, Smooth Articular Surface
Fissure
Narrow, Usually Long, Slit-Like Opening (Passageway for Nerves, BV, or Ducts)
Foramen/ Foramina
Round or Oval Opening Through a Bone (Passageway for Nerves, BV, or Ducts)
Fossa
Shallow Depression (site of muscle) (Joint Formation)
Groove
Narrow Channel (Passageway for Nerves, BV, or Ducts)
Head
Round, Expanded, Structure Supported on Neck (Joint Formation)
Line
Narrow Ridge of Bone, Less Prominent Than a Crest (site of muscle)
Meatus
Canal (Passageway for Nerves, BV, or Ducts)
Process
Projection (Often Articulates with Bone it is Named After)
Ramus
Arm Like Projection (Joint Formation)
Sinus
Air Filled Cavity
Spine
Sharp Pointed, Slender Process (site of muscle)
Styloid
Needle Like
Sulcus/ Sulci
Groove or Furrow
Trochanter
Large, Irregularly Shaped Projection (site of muscle)
Trochlea
Resembles a Pulley (Joint Formation)
Tubercle
Small, Rounded Projection (site of muscle)
Tuberosity
Large elevated, Rounded Projection with a Roughed Surface (site of muscle)
