Terms for Skeletal Structures

Question 1

acetabul-

Answer 1

vinegar cup: acetabulum-depression of the hip bone that articulates with the head of the femur.

Question 2

ax-

Answer 2

axis: axial skeleton-bones of the skull, vertebral column, ribs, and sternum.

Question 3

canal-

Answer 3

channel: canaliculus-tubular passage

Question 4

carp-

Answer 4

wrist: carpals-wrist bones

Question 5

-blast

Answer 5

bud, a growing organism in early stages: osteoblast-cell that will form bone tissue.

Question 6

-clast

Answer 6

break: osteoclast-cell that breaks down bone tissue.

Question 7

clav-

Answer 7

bar: clavicle-bone that articulates with the sternum and scapula.

Question 8

condyl-

Answer 8

knob, knuckle: condyle-rounded, bony process.

Question 9

corac-

Answer 9

a crow’s beak: coracoid process-beaklike process of the scapula.

Question 10

cribr-

Answer 10

sieve: cribriform plate-portion of the ethmoid bone with many small openings.

Question 11

crist-

Answer 11

crest: crista galli-bony ridge that projects upward into the cranial cavity.

Question 12

fov-

Answer 12

pit: fovea capitis-pit in the head of a femur.

Question 13

glen-

Answer 13

joint socket: glenoid cavity-depression in the scapula that articulates with the head of a humerus.

Question 14

inter-

Answer 14

among, between: intervertebral disc-structure between vertebrae.

Question 15

Intra-

Answer 15

inside: intramembranous bone-bone that forms within sheetlike masses of connective tissue.

Question 16

lamell-

Answer 16

thin plate: lamella-thin, bony plate.

Question 17

meat-

Answer 17

passage: external acoustic meatus-canal of the temporal bone that leads inward to parts of the ear.

Question 18

odont-

Answer 18

tooth: odontoid process-toothlike process of the second cervical vertebra.

Question 19

pole-

Answer 19

make, produce: hematopoiesis-process that forms blood cells.

Question 20

fossa

Answer 20

A shallow depression in the bone surface