The Skeletal System

Question 1

The head end

Answer 1

Cranial
(Cephalic)

Question 2

The tail end or for humans our feet (part away from the head )

Answer 2

Caudal

Question 3

The belly side , the whole belly

Answer 3

Ventral

Question 4

The back side, rear side of the body

Answer 4

Dorsal

Question 5

Above

Answer 5

Superior

Question 6

The lower portion or that of which is below

Answer 6

Inferior

Question 7

Descriptive prefix meaning above

Answer 7

Supra

Question 8

Descriptive prefix meaning below

Answer 8

Infra

Question 9

The forward surface or toward the front
For example our kneecap is in the front portion of our body)

Answer 9

Anterior

Question 10

The rear surface or toward the rear
For example, our shoulder blade is located on the back of our surface

Answer 10

Posterior

Question 11

Location near the midline than another location
(Center)

Answer 11

Medial

Question 12

To a location farther from the midline than another location
(Far from middle)

Answer 12

Lateral

Question 13

Nearer the main axis of the body, near the point of attachment

Answer 13

Proximal

Question 14

Away from the main axis of body, or near the point of attachment

Answer 14

Distal

Question 15

At or near the surface

Answer 15

Superficial

Question 16

Away from the surface
For example, your ribs are ___ to your skin

Answer 16

Deep

Question 17

A plane that split the body horizontally that gives us a upper and lower portion of the body

Answer 17

Transverse (Horizontal)

Question 18

Plane that divides the body vertically giving a right and left portion

Answer 18

Sagittal

Question 19

A plane that is sagittal (giving a left and right portion of the body) in equal amount to both sides , directly in the middle

Answer 19

Midsagittal

Question 20

A plane that splits the body in the middle of the skull vertically giving Ventral position and Dorsal

Answer 20

Frontal (coronal) Plane

Question 21

A deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible , the area that ur gum lays on near your teeth

Answer 21

Alveolus

Question 22

The junction of two bones

Answer 22

Articulation

Question 23

Ear-shaped (Outer ear)

Answer 23

Auricular

Question 24

Cleft into 2 parts or branches (divided into 2 equal lobes by a median cleft)

Answer 24

Bifid

Question 25

A little head looking part of a bone (knee caps have capitulum)

Answer 25

Capitulum

Question 26

A spiral structure like a sea shell (nasal, ear ones too)

Answer 26

Concha

Question 27

A large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure (large convex projection that usually contacts another bone)

Answer 27

Condyle

Question 28

Describing a projection shaped like a crow’s beak

Answer 28

Coracoid

Question 29

Describing a triangular projection shaped ending in a sharp point

Answer 29

Coronoid

Question 30

Associated with or a part of ribs (central parts of the ribs)

Answer 30

Costal

Question 31

A narrow, prominent ridge like projection (roundish top of our pelvis)

Answer 31

Crest

Question 32

Perforated like a sieve

Answer 32

Cribriform

Question 33

Wedge-shaped (bones located on mid foot )

Answer 33

Cuneiform

Question 34

Half of a facet, part of an articular surface shared by 2 adjacent bones

Answer 34

Demifacet

Question 35

The middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

Answer 35

Diaphysis

Question 36

An elevation or projection, especially on a bone

Answer 36

Eminence

Question 37

A projection adjacent to a condyle, served as place of attachment

Answer 37

Epicondyle

Question 38

The end of a long bone

Answer 38

Epiphysis

Question 39

Small pit or depression

Answer 39

Fovea

Question 40

Flattened or shallow depression

Answer 40

Fossa

Question 41

rounded passageway through the bone

Answer 41

Foremen

Question 42

Small, thin, shallow articulating surface

Answer 42

Facet

Question 43

Narrow, slit-like opening through the bone

Answer 43

Fissure

Question 44

A gap

Answer 44

Hiatus

Question 45

Shaped like a shallow socket

Answer 45

Glenoid

Question 46

Prominent, rounded epiphysis

Answer 46

Head

Question 47

Thin, flat plate

Answer 47

Lamina

Question 48

Low ridge, less prominent than a crest

Answer 48

Line

Question 49

Hammer shaped process

Answer 49

Malleolus

Question 50

Breast-shaped

Answer 50

Mastoid

Question 51

Constricted portion adjacent to a head

Answer 51

Neck

Question 52

Passageway through a bone

Answer 52

Meatus

Question 53

An indentation or V-shaped depression

Answer 53

Notch

Question 54

Associated with the nape of the neck

Answer 54

Nuchal

Question 55

Supporting column or stalk

Answer 55

Pedicle

Question 56

Like a rock

Answer 56

Petrous

Question 57

Projection : bony prominence

Answer 57

Process

Question 58

High place

Answer 58

Premontory

Question 59

Wing like

Answer 59

Pterygoid

Question 60

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

Answer 60

Ramus

Question 61

A partition

Answer 61

Septum

Question 62

A cavity or hallow space in a bone

Answer 62

Sinus

Question 63

Pointed, slender process

Answer 63

Spine

Question 64

Flat, scale-like

Answer 64

Squamous

Question 65

Pointed, pen-like

Answer 65

Styloid

Question 66

Narrow groove

Answer 66

Sulcus

Question 67

Line of union in an immovable articulation

Answer 67

Suture

Question 68

Massive, rough projection found only on the femur

Answer 68

Trochanter

Question 69

Smooth, grooved pulley-like articulation

Answer 69

Trochlea

Question 70

Small rounded projection

Answer 70

Tubercle

Question 71

Large rough projection

Answer 71

Tuberosity

Question 72

Shaped like a sword

Answer 72

Xiphoid