Vocab Used For The Skelton

Question 0

Junction of two bones

Answer 0

Articulation

Question 1

A deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

Answer 1

Alveolus

Question 2

Ear-shaped

Answer 2

Auricular

Question 3

Cleft into two parts or branches

Answer 3

Bifid

Question 4

A passageway through a bone

Answer 4

Canal

Meatus

Question 5

A little head

Answer 5

Capitulum

Question 6

A spiral structure like a seashell

Answer 6

Concha

Question 7

A large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure

Answer 7

Condyle

Question 8

Describing a projection shaped like a crows beak

Answer 8

Coracoid

Question 9

Describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point

Answer 9

Coronoid

Question 10

Associated with or a part of the ribs

Answer 10

Costal

Question 11

A narrow, prominent ridgelike projection

Answer 11

Crest

Question 12

Perforated like a sieve

Answer 12

Cribriform

Question 13

Wedge-shaped

Answer 13

Cuneiform

Question 14

Half of a facet, put of an articular surface shared by two adjacent bones

Answer 14

Demifacet

Question 15

The middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

Answer 15

Diaphysis

Question 16

An elevation or projection, especially on a bone

Answer 16

Eminence

Question 17

A projection adjacent to a condyle

Answer 17

Epicondyle

Question 18

The end of a long bone

Answer 18

Epiphysis

Question 19

A small, flat, shallow articulating surface

Answer 19

Facet

Question 20

A narrow, slit-like opening through a bone

Answer 20

Fissure

Question 21

A rounded passageway through a bone

Answer 21

Foramen

Question 22

A flattened or shallow depression

Answer 22

Fossa

Question 23

A small depression

Answer 23

Fovea

Question 24

Shaped like a shallow socket

Answer 24

Glenoid

Question 25

A prominent, rounded epiphysis

Answer 25

Head

Question 26

A gap

Answer 26

Hiatus

Question 27

A thin, flat plate

Answer 27

Lamina

Question 28

A low ridge, less prominent than a crest

Answer 28

Line

Question 29

A club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

Answer 29

Malleolus

Question 30

Breast-shaped

Answer 30

Mastoid

Question 31

A passageway through a bone

Answer 31

Meatus | canal

Question 32

A constricted portion adjacent to a head

Answer 32

Neck

Question 33

An indentation or V-shaped depression

Answer 33

Notch

Question 34

Associated with the nape of the neck

Answer 34

Nuchal

Question 35

A supporting column or stalk

Answer 35

Pedicle

Question 36

Like a rock

Answer 36

Petrous

Question 37

A projection; a bony prominence

Answer 37

Process

Question 38

A high place

Answer 38

Promontory

Question 39

Winglike

Answer 39

Pterygoid

Question 40

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

Answer 40

Ramus

Question 41

A partition

Answer 41

Septum

Question 42

A cavity to hollow space in a bone

Answer 42

Sinus

Question 43

A pointed, slender process

Answer 43

Spine

Question 44

Flat, scale like

Answer 44

Squamous

Question 45

Pointed, pen-like

Answer 45

Styloid

Question 46

A narrow groove

Answer 46

Sulcus

Question 47

The line of union in an immovable articulation

Answer 47

Suture

Question 48

A massive, rough projection found only on the femur

Answer 48

Trochanter

Question 49

A smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process

Answer 49

Trochlea

Question 50

A small, round projection

Answer 50

Tubercle

Question 51

A large, rough projection

Answer 51

Tuberosity

Question 52

Shaped like a sword

Answer 52

Xiphoid