Skeletal System Vocab

Question 1

alveolus

Answer 1

a deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

Question 2

articulation

Answer 2

the junction of two bones

Question 3

auricular

Answer 3

ear-shaped

Question 4

bifid

Answer 4

cleft into two parts or branches

Question 5

canal, meatus

Answer 5

a passageway through a bone

Question 6

capitulum

Answer 6

a little head

Question 7

concha

Answer 7

a spiral structure like a seashell

Question 8

condyle

Answer 8

a large, smooth, rounding articulating oval structure

Question 9

coracoid

Answer 9

describing a projection shaped like a crow’s beak

Question 10

coronoid

Answer 10

describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point

Question 11

costal

Answer 11

associated with or a part of the ribs

Question 12

crest

Answer 12

a narrow, prominent ridgelike projection

Question 13

cribriform

Answer 13

perforated like a sieve

Question 14

cuneiform

Answer 14

wedge-shaped

Question 15

demifacet

Answer 15

half of a facet, part of an articular surface shared by two adjacent bones

Question 16

diaphysis

Answer 16

the middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

Question 17

eminence

Answer 17

an elevation or projection, especially on a bone

Question 18

epicondyle

Answer 18

a projection adjacent to a condyle

Question 19

epiphysis

Answer 19

the end of a long bone

Question 20

facet

Answer 20

a small, flat, shallow articulating surface

Question 21

fissure

Answer 21

a narrow, slit-like opening through a bone

Question 22

foramen

Answer 22

a rounded passageway through a bone

Question 23

fossa

Answer 23

a flattened or shallow depression

Question 24

fovea

Answer 24

a small depression

Question 25

glenoid

Answer 25

shaped like a shallow socket

Question 26

head

Answer 26

a prominent, rounded epiphysis

Question 27

hiatus

Answer 27

a gap

Question 28

lamina

Answer 28

a thin, flat plate

Question 29

line

Answer 29

a low ridge, less prominent than a crest

Question 30

malleolus

Answer 30

a club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

Question 31

mastoid

Answer 31

breast-shaped

Question 32

meatus, canal

Answer 32

a passageway through a bone

Question 33

neck

Answer 33

a constricted portion adjacent to a head

Question 34

notch

Answer 34

an indentation or V-shaped depression

Question 35

nuchal

Answer 35

associated with the nape of the neck

Question 36

pedicle

Answer 36

a supporting column or stalk

Question 37

petrous

Answer 37

like a rock

Question 38

process

Answer 38

a projection, a bony prominence

Question 39

promontory

Answer 39

a high place

Question 40

pterygoid

Answer 40

winglike

Question 41

ramus

Answer 41

an angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure; a branch

Question 42

septum

Answer 42

a partition

Question 43

sinus

Answer 43

a cavity or hollow space in a bone

Question 44

spine

Answer 44

a pointed, slender process

Question 45

squamous

Answer 45

flat, scale-like

Question 46

styloid

Answer 46

pointed, pen-like

Question 47

sulcus

Answer 47

a narrow groove

Question 48

suture

Answer 48

the line of union in an immovable articulation

Question 49

trochanter

Answer 49

a massive, rough projection found only on the femur

Question 50

tubercle

Answer 50

a small, round projection

Question 51

tuberosity

Answer 51

a large, rough projection

Question 52

xiphoid

Answer 52

shaped like a sword