Vocabulary

Question 1

Anterior

Answer 1

toward the surface or toward the front

Question 2

Posterior

Answer 2

the rear surface or toward the back

Question 3

medial

Answer 3

refers to a location nearer to the midline than another location

Question 4

Lateral

Answer 4

refers to a location farther from the midline than another location

Question 5

proximal

Answer 5

nearer the main axis of the body, or nearer the point of attachment

Question 6

distal

Answer 6

away from the main axis of the body, or away from the point of attachment

Question 7

superficial

Answer 7

at or near the surface

Question 8

deep

Answer 8

away from the surface

Question 9

cranial or cephalic

Answer 9

the head end

Question 10

caudal

Answer 10

the tail end

Question 11

ventral

Answer 11

the belly side

Question 12

dorsal

Answer 12

the back side

Question 13

superior

Answer 13

above something, the upper portion

Question 14

inferior

Answer 14

below something, the lower portion

Question 15

supra

Answer 15

above

Question 16

infra

Answer 16

below

Question 17

transverse or horizontal

Answer 17

a plane that extends from left to right from dorsal to ventral, diving the cranial and caudal portions

Question 18

sagittal

Answer 18

a plane that extends from cranial to caudal, giving right and left portions

Question 19

midsagittal

Answer 19

a plane that extends from cranial to caudal passing through the midline to divide a body or an organ into right and left halves

Question 20

frontal or coronal

Answer 20

a plane that extends from left to right and cranial to caudal, dividing the dorsal and ventral portions

Question 21

alveolus

Answer 21

a deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

Question 22

articulation

Answer 22

the junction of two bones

Question 23

auricular

Answer 23

ear shaped

Question 24

bifid

Answer 24

cleft into two parts or branches

Question 25

capitulum

Answer 25

a little head

Question 26

concha

Answer 26

a spiral structure like a seashell

Question 27

condyle

Answer 27

a large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure

Question 28

coracoid

Answer 28

describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point

Question 29

costal

Answer 29

associated with a part of the ribs

Question 30

crest

Answer 30

a narrow, prominent ridgelike projection

Question 31

cribriform

Answer 31

perforated like a sieve

Question 32

cuneiform

Answer 32

wedge shaped

Question 33

demifacet

Answer 33

half of a facet, part of an articular surface shared by two adjacent bones

Question 34

disphysis

Answer 34

the middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

Question 35

eminence

Answer 35

an elevation or projection, especially a bone

Question 36

epicondyle

Answer 36

a projection adjacent to a condyle

Question 37

epiphysis

Answer 37

the end of a long bone

Question 38

facet

Answer 38

a small, flat, shallow articulating surface

Question 39

fissure

Answer 39

a narrow, slit like opening through a bone

Question 40

foramen

Answer 40

a rounded passageway through a bone

Question 41

fossa

Answer 41

a flattened or shallow depression

Question 42

fovea

Answer 42

a small pit or depression

Question 43

glenoid

Answer 43

shaped like a shallow socket

Question 44

head

Answer 44

a prominent, rounded epiphysis

Question 45

hiatus

Answer 45

gap

Question 46

line

Answer 46

a low ridge, less prominent than a crest

Question 47

lamina

Answer 47

a thin, flat plate

Question 48

mallcolus

Answer 48

a club shaped or hammer shaped process

Question 49

mastoid

Answer 49

breast shaped

Question 50

meatus

Answer 50

a passageway through a bone

Question 51

neck

Answer 51

a constricted portion adjacent to a head

Question 52

notch

Answer 52

an indentation or V shaped depression

Question 53

nuchal

Answer 53

associated with the nape of the neck

Question 54

pedicle

Answer 54

a supporting column or stalk

Question 55

petrous

Answer 55

like a rock

Question 56

process

Answer 56

a projection, a bony prominence

Question 57

promontory

Answer 57

a high place

Question 58

pterygoid

Answer 58

winglike

Question 59

ramus

Answer 59

an angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure a branch

Question 60

septum

Answer 60

a partition

Question 61

sinus

Answer 61

a cavity or hollow space in a bone

Question 62

spine

Answer 62

a pointed, slender process

Question 63

squamous

Answer 63

flat, scalelike

Question 64

styloid

Answer 64

pointed, pen like

Question 65

sulcus

Answer 65

a narrow groove

Question 66

suture

Answer 66

a line of union in an immovable articulation

Question 67

trochanter

Answer 67

a massive rough projection found only on the femur

Question 68

trochlea

Answer 68

a smooth grooved pulley like articular process

Question 69

tubercle

Answer 69

a small, round projection

Question 70

tuberosity

Answer 70

a large round projection

Question 71

xiphloid

Answer 71

shaped like a sword