terms

Question 1

alveolus

Answer 1

a deep pit/socket in the maxillae or mandible

Question 2

articulation

Answer 2

junction of 2 bones

Question 3

bifid

Answer 3

cleft in 2 parts or branches

Question 4

concha

Answer 4

spiral structure shaped like a seashell

Question 5

condyle

Answer 5

large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure

Question 6

coracoid

Answer 6

projection that is shaped like a beak

Question 7

coronoid

Answer 7

triangle projection with a sharp point

Question 8

costal

Answer 8

part of the ribs

Question 9

crest

Answer 9

narrow prominent , ridgelike projection

Question 10

cribform

Answer 10

perforated like a sieve

Question 11

cuneiform

Answer 11

wedge shaped

Question 12

demifacet

Answer 12

half of a facet

Question 13

diaphysis

Answer 13

middle of a long bone, shaft

Question 14

eminence

Answer 14

elevation/projection on a bone

Question 15

epicondyle

Answer 15

projection adjacent to a condyle

Question 16

epiphysis

Answer 16

end of a long bone

Question 17

facet

Answer 17

small, flat, shallow articulating surface

Question 18

fissure

Answer 18

narrow, slit-like opening through a bone

Question 19

foramen

Answer 19

rounded passageway through a bone

Question 20

fovea

Answer 20

a small pit or depression

Question 21

glenoid

Answer 21

shaped like a shallow socket

Question 22

head

Answer 22

a prominent, rounded epiphysis

Question 23

hiatus

Answer 23

a gap

Question 24

lamina

Answer 24

thin, flat plate

Question 25

line

Answer 25

a low ridge, less prominent than a crest

Question 26

malleolus

Answer 26

club-shaped process

Question 27

mastiod

Answer 27

breast-shaped

Question 28

meatus

Answer 28

passageway through a bone

Question 29

neck

Answer 29

constricted portion adjacent to a head

Question 30

notch

Answer 30

indentation or v-shaped depression

Question 31

nuchal

Answer 31

nape of the neck

Question 32

pedicle

Answer 32

supporting column or stalk

Question 33

petrous

Answer 33

like a rock

Question 34

process

Answer 34

a projection

Question 35

promontory

Answer 35

a high place

Question 36

pterygoid

Answer 36

winglike

Question 37

ramus

Answer 37

angular extension of a bone, a branch

Question 38

septum

Answer 38

a partition

Question 39

sinus

Answer 39

cavity or hollow space in a bone

Question 40

spine

Answer 40

pointed, penlike

Question 41

squamous

Answer 41

flat, scale-like

Question 42

sulcus

Answer 42

a narrow groove

Question 43

suture

Answer 43

line of union that cant move

Question 44

trochanter

Answer 44

massive, rough projection only found in the femur

Question 45

trochlea

Answer 45

smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process

Question 46

tubercle

Answer 46

small round projection

Question 47

tuberosity

Answer 47

large rough projection

Question 48

xiphoid

Answer 48

shaped like a sword