Structural Support Ch 3 Flashcards
1
Q
Aperture
A
opening
2
Q
canal
A
tunnel
3
Q
condyle
A
rounded projection (that articulates with another bone)
4
Q
crest
A
high projection or border projection.
5
Q
crista
A
ridge
6
Q
dens
A
toothlike structure
7
Q
eminence
A
surface projection
8
Q
facet
A
smooth area
9
Q
fissure
A
deep cleft
10
Q
foramen
A
hole
11
Q
fossa
A
trench or hollow depressed area
12
Q
fovea
A
small pit
13
Q
head
A
major protrusion (example femoral head)
14
Q
lamina
A
thin, flat plate
15
Q
line
A
low projection or ridge
16
Q
malleolus
A
rounded projection (distal end of tibia and fibula)
17
Q
meatus
A
passage or opening
18
Q
process
A
projection
19
Q
protuberance
A
projecting part
20
Q
ramus
A
branch or smaller structure given off by a larger structure.
21
Q
sinus
A
space or cavity
22
Q
spine
A
sharp projection
23
Q
sulcus
A
groove
24
Q
suture
A
seam
25
trochanter
broad, flat projection (on femur)
26
tubercle
small, rounded surface projection
27
tuberosity
projecting part.
28
Bony projections/ extensions
| where muscles tendons, and other bones are attached
```
< condyle
< crest
< crista
< dens
< eminence
< facet
< head
< lamina
< line
< malleolus
< process
< protuberance
< ramus
< spine
< suture
< trochanter
< trochlea
< tubercle
< tuberosity
```
29
```
Bony depressions
(allow bones to attach to each other or serve as passageways for blood vessels and nerves)
```
```
>aperture
>canal
>fissure
>foramen
>fossa
>fovea
>meatus
>sinus
>sulcus
```
