Studying the Skeletal System

Question 1

a deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

Answer 1

alveolus

Question 2

the junction of two bones

Answer 2

articulation

Question 3

ear-shaped

Answer 3

auricular

Question 4

cleft into two parts or branches

Answer 4

bifid

Question 5

a little head

Answer 5

capitulum

Question 6

a spiral structure like a shell

Answer 6

concha

Question 7

a large smooth rounded articulating oval structure

Answer 7

condyle

Question 8

describing a projection shaped like a crows beak

Answer 8

coraCOID

Question 9

describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point

Answer 9

coroNOID

Question 10

associated with or a part of the ribs

Answer 10

costal

Question 11

a narrow prominent ridge like projection

Answer 11

crest

Question 12

perforated like a sieve (test strainer)

Answer 12

cribriform

Question 13

wedge shaped

Answer 13

cuneiform

Question 14

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

Answer 14

demifacet

Question 15

the middle portion of long bones the shaft

Answer 15

diaphysis

Question 16

an elevation or projection, especially on a bone

Answer 16

eminence

Question 17

a projection adjacent to a condyle

Answer 17

epicondyle

Question 18

the end of a long bone

Answer 18

epiphysis

Question 19

a small, flat, shallow articulating surface

Answer 19

facet

Question 20

a narrow slit-like opening through a bone

Answer 20

fissure

Question 21

a rounded passageway through a bone

Answer 21

foramen

Question 22

a flattened or shallow depression

Answer 22

fossa

Question 23

a small pit or depression

Answer 23

fovea

Question 24

shaped like a shallow socket

Answer 24

glenoid

Question 25

a prominent rounded epiphysis

Answer 25

head

Question 26

a hap

Answer 26

hiatus

Question 27

a thin flat plate

Answer 27

lamina

Question 28

a low ridge, less prominent than a crest

Answer 28

line

Question 29

a club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

Answer 29

malleolus

Question 30

breast-shaped

Answer 30

mastoid

Question 31

a passageway through a bone

Answer 31

meatus

Question 32

a constricted portion adjacent to the head

Answer 32

neck

Question 33

an indentation or v-shaped depression

Answer 33

notch

Question 34

associated with the nape of the neck

Answer 34

nuchal

Question 35

a supporting column or stalk

Answer 35

pedicle

Question 36

like a rock

Answer 36

petrous

Question 37

a projection; a bony prominence

Answer 37

process

Question 38

a high place

Answer 38

promontory

Question 39

winglike

Answer 39

pterygoid

Question 40

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

Answer 40

ramus

Question 41

a partition

Answer 41

septum

Question 42

a cavity or hollow space in a bone

Answer 42

sinus

Question 43

a pointed, slender process

Answer 43

spine

Question 44

flat scalelike

Answer 44

squamous

Question 45

pointed, pen like

Answer 45

styloid

Question 46

a narrow groove

Answer 46

sulcus

Question 47

the line of union in an immoveable articulation

Answer 47

suture

Question 48

a massive, rough projection found ONLY in the femer

Answer 48

trochanter

Question 49

a smooth, grooved pulley - like articular process

Answer 49

trochlea

Question 50

a small, round projection

Answer 50

tubercle

Question 51

a large rough projection

Answer 51

tuberosity

Question 52

shaped like a sword

Answer 52

xiphoid