Types Of Bone Feature Or Markings

Question 1

What is a crest? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 1

Crest - ridge like

Projection - site for tendon and ligament attachment

Question 2

What is a epicondyle? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 2

Epicondyle - superior to condyle

Projection - site for tendon and ligament attachment

Question 3

What is a line (linea)? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 3

Line (linea) - slightly raised ridge

Projection - site for tendon and ligament attachment

Question 4

What is a process? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 4

Process - prominent

Projection - site for tendon and ligament attachment

Question 5

What is a protuberance? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 5

Protuberance - outgrowth

Projection - site for tendon and ligament attachment

Question 6

What is a ramus? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 6

Ramus - extension

Projection - site for tendon and ligament attachment

Question 7

What is a spine? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 7

Spine - thornlike

Projection - site for tendon and ligament attachment

Question 8

What is a trochanter? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 8

Trochanter - large; located on femur bone

Projection - site for tendon and ligament attachment

Question 9

What is a tubercle? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 9

Tubercle - small knob like

Projection - site for tendon and ligament attachment

Question 10

What is a tuberosity? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 10

Tuberosity - rough elevation

Projection - site for tendon and ligament attachment

Question 11

What is a condyle? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 11

Condyle - rounded process

Articulation - where bones connect at a joint or articulate

Question 12

What is a facet? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 12

Facet - nearly flat

Articulation - where bones connect at a joint or articulate

Question 13

What is a head? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 13

Head - expanded end

Articulation - where bones connect at a joint or articulate

Question 14

What is an alveolus? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 14

Alveolus - socket

Depression - recessed areas in bones

Question 15

What is a fossa? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 15

Fossa - shallow basin

Depression - recessed areas in bones

Question 16

What is a fovea? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 16

Fovea - tiny pit

Depression - recessed areas in bones

Question 17

What is a notch? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 17

Notch - indentation on edge

Depression - recessed areas in bones

Question 18

What is a sulcus? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 18

Sulcus - narrow groove

Depression - recessed areas in bones

Question 19

What is a canal? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 19

Canal - tubular passage

Opening - open spaces in bones

Question 20

What is a fissure? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 20

Fissure - slit

Opening - open spaces in bones

Question 21

What is a foramen? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 21

Foramen - hole

Opening - open spaces in bones

Question 22

What is a meatus ? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 22

Meatus - tubelike opening

Opening - open spaces in bones

Question 23

What is a sinus? What kind of bone feature or marking is it?

Answer 23

Sinus - Cavity

Opening - open spaces in bones

Question 24

What are the four type of bone
Features or Markings? And their definition?

Answer 24

Projection - site for tendon and ligament attachment

Articulation - where bones connect at a joint or articulate

Depression - recessed areas in bones

Opening - open spaces in bones