Structural Support Ch 3

Question 1

Aperture

Answer 1

opening

Question 2

canal

Answer 2

tunnel

Question 3

condyle

Answer 3

rounded projection (that articulates with another bone)

Question 4

crest

Answer 4

high projection or border projection.

Question 5

crista

Answer 5

ridge

Question 6

dens

Answer 6

toothlike structure

Question 7

eminence

Answer 7

surface projection

Question 8

facet

Answer 8

smooth area

Question 9

fissure

Answer 9

deep cleft

Question 10

foramen

Answer 10

hole

Question 11

fossa

Answer 11

trench or hollow depressed area

Question 12

fovea

Answer 12

small pit

Question 13

head

Answer 13

major protrusion (example femoral head)

Question 14

lamina

Answer 14

thin, flat plate

Question 15

line

Answer 15

low projection or ridge

Question 16

malleolus

Answer 16

rounded projection (distal end of tibia and fibula)

Question 17

meatus

Answer 17

passage or opening

Question 18

process

Answer 18

projection

Question 19

protuberance

Answer 19

projecting part

Question 20

ramus

Answer 20

branch or smaller structure given off by a larger structure.

Question 21

sinus

Answer 21

space or cavity

Question 22

spine

Answer 22

sharp projection

Question 23

sulcus

Answer 23

groove

Question 24

suture

Answer 24

seam

Question 25

trochanter

Answer 25

broad, flat projection (on femur)

Question 26

tubercle

Answer 26

small, rounded surface projection

Question 27

tuberosity

Answer 27

projecting part.

Question 28

Bony projections/ extensions

where muscles tendons, and other bones are attached

Answer 28

<  condyle
<  crest
<  crista
<  dens
<  eminence
<  facet
<  head
<  lamina
<  line
<  malleolus
<  process
<  protuberance
<  ramus
<  spine
<  suture
<  trochanter
<  trochlea
<  tubercle
<  tuberosity

Question 29

Bony depressions
(allow bones to attach to each other or serve as passageways for blood vessels and nerves)

Answer 29

>aperture
>canal
>fissure
>foramen
>fossa
>fovea
>meatus
>sinus
>sulcus