Week 1: Bone Terms

Question 1

Body

Answer 1

Main portion

Question 2

Head

Answer 2

Enlarged end (often rounded)

Question 3

Neck

Answer 3

Constricted area (between head and body)

Question 4

Margin or border

Answer 4

Edge

Question 5

Angle

Answer 5

Bend

Question 6

Ramus

Answer 6

Branch off the body (beyond the angle)

Question 7

Condyle

Answer 7

Smooth, rounded articular surface

Question 8

Facet

Answer 8

Small, flattened articular surface

Question 9

Line (linear)

Answer 9

Low ridge

Question 10

Crest (crista)

Answer 10

Prominent ridge

Question 11

Spine

Answer 11

Very high ridge

Question 12

Process

Answer 12

Prominent projection

Question 13

Tubercle

Answer 13

Small, rounded process

Question 14

Tuberosity

Answer 14

Knoblike process, usually larger than a tubercle

Question 15

Trochanter

Answer 15

Large tuberosity, only found on proximal femur

Question 16

Epicondyle

Answer 16

Near or above a condyle

Question 17

Foramen (foramina)

Answer 17

Hole (holes)

Question 18

Canal or meatus

Answer 18

Tunnel

Question 19

Fissure

Answer 19

Cleft

Question 20

Sinus

Answer 20

Cavity

Question 21

Fossa

Answer 21

A depression

Question 22

Impression

Answer 22

Indentation made by a specific structure

Question 23

Notch

Answer 23

Depression in the margin of a bone

Question 24

Fovea

Answer 24

Little pit

Question 25

Groove or sulcus

Answer 25

Deeper, narrow depression