unit 4- bony markings/structures/tissues

Question 0

foramen

Answer 0

an opening through a bone that usually serves as a passageway for blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments

Question 1

fovea

Answer 1

a tiny pit or depression

Question 2

fossa

Answer 2

a relatively deep pit or depression

Question 3

sulcus

Answer 3

a shallow groove

Question 4

meatus

Answer 4

a tubelike within a bone

Question 5

fissure

Answer 5

a cleft or groove

Question 6

sinus

Answer 6

a cavity within a bone

Question 7

process

Answer 7

a prominent projection on a bone

Question 8

condyle

Answer 8

a rounded process that usually articulates with another bone

Question 9

head

Answer 9

an enlargement on the end of a bone

Question 10

trochanter

Answer 10

a relatively large process

Question 11

tubercle

Answer 11

a small, knoblike process

Question 12

tuberosity

Answer 12

a knoblike process usually larger than a tubercle

Question 13

crest

Answer 13

a narrow, ridge like projection

Question 14

spine; spinous process

Answer 14

a thorn like projection

Question 15

nutrient foramen

Answer 15

an external opening for the entrance of blood vessels in a bone

Question 16

neck

Answer 16

section of bone between the head and shaft of the bone= narrowed

Question 17

epicondyle

Answer 17

a projection situated above a condyle

Question 18

diaphysis

Answer 18

shaft of a long bone

Question 19

epiphysis

Answer 19

end of a long bone

Question 20

medullary cavity

Answer 20

cavity containing containing marrow within the diaphysis of a long bone

Question 21

compact bone

Answer 21

dense tissue in which cells are arranged in osteons with no apparent spaces

Question 22

spongy bone

Answer 22

bone that consists of bars and plates separated by irregular spaces; cancellous bone

Question 23

epiphyseal line (plate)

Answer 23

cartilaginous layer within the long bone epiphysis that grows

Question 24

articular cartilage

Answer 24

hyaline cartilage that covers the ends of bones in synovial joints

Question 25

periosteum

Answer 25

fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of a bone

Question 26

trabeculae

Answer 26

branching bony plate that separates irregular spaces within spongy bone

Question 27

endosteum

Answer 27

tissue lining the medullary cavity within a bone

Question 28

red marrow

Answer 28

blood cell forming tissue in spaces within bones

Question 29

yellow marrow

Answer 29

fat storage tissue found in the cavities within certain bones

Question 30

lamella

Answer 30

layer of matrix in bone tissue

Question 31

osteocyte

Answer 31

mature bone cell

Question 32

lacuna

Answer 32

hollow cavity

Question 33

Haversian canal

Answer 33

a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs

Question 34

canaliculi

Answer 34

microscopic canal that connects lacunae of bone tissue

Question 35

osteon (Haversian system)

Answer 35

cylinder shaped unit containing bone cells that surround a central canal