Skeletal Terms

Question 1

fontanelle

Answer 1

unossified ruminant’s of connective tissue that allow the skull to grow with the brain

Question 2

suture

Answer 2

joints in cranium(bones connect)

Question 3

process

Answer 3

protrusion

Question 4

Projections that are sites of muscle and ligament attachments

Answer 4

tuberosity, crest, trochanter, line, tubercle, epicondyle, spine, process

Question 5

Tuberosity

Answer 5

large, rounded projection; may be roughened

Question 6

Crest

Answer 6

narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent

Question 7

Trochanter

Answer 7

Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process (only on femur)

Question 8

Line

Answer 8

narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest

Question 9

Tubercle

Answer 9

Small rounded projection or process

Question 10

Epicondyle

Answer 10

raised area on or above a condyle

Question 11

Spine

Answer 11

sharp, slender, often pointed protrusion

Question 12

Process

Answer 12

bony prominence

Question 13

Projections that help form joints

Answer 13

head, facet, ramus, condyle

Question 14

Head

Answer 14

bony expansion carried on narrow neck

Question 15

Facet

Answer 15

smooth, nearly flat articulate surface

Question 16

Ramus

Answer 16

arm like bar of bone

Question 17

Condyle

Answer 17

rounded articular projection

Question 18

Depressions and openings

Answer 18

fissures, foreman, notch, meatus, sinus, fossa

Question 19

Fissures

Answer 19

narrow, slit-like opening

Question 20

Foreman

Answer 20

round or oval opening through bone

Question 21

Notch

Answer 21

indentation at the edge of a structure

Question 22

Depressions and openings for passage of nerves and vessels

Answer 22

fissures, foreman, notch

Question 23

Meatus

Answer 23

canal-like passage way

Question 24

Sinus

Answer 24

bone cavity, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane

Question 25

Fossa

Answer 25

shallow basin-like depression in bone, often serving as an articular facet