Terminology

Question 1

Tendon

Answer 1

Band of tough, inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment

Question 2

Aponeurosis

Answer 2

Sheetlike fibrous membrane, resembling a flattened tendon. Serves as a fascia to bind muscles together or as a means of connecting muscle to bone

Question 3

Fascia

Answer 3

Sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue enveloping, separating, or binding together muscles, organs, & other soft structures of the body

Question 4

Ligament

Answer 4

Sheet or band of tough, fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages at a joint or supporting an organ

Question 5

Antagonist

Answer 5

Muscle that counteracts the action of another muscle (the agonist)

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Linea alba (white line)

Answer 6

Fibrous band that runs vertically along the center of the anterior abdominal wall & receives the attachments of the oblique & transverse abdominal muscles

Question 7

Condyle

Answer 7

Large, articular prominence

Question 8

Cotyloid cavity

Answer 8

Deep articular depression

Question 9

Crest

Answer 9

Prominent border or ridge

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Epicondyle

Answer 10

Prominence just proximal to condyle

Question 11

Facet

Answer 11

Smooth, flat surface

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Fissure

Answer 12

Narrow, cleft like, opening between adjacent bones

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Foramen

Answer 13

Opening through a bone

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Fossa

Answer 14

Small-medium pit

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Fovea

Answer 15

Shallow, nonarticular depression

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Line

Answer 16

A ridge less prominent than a crest

Question 17

Notch

Answer 17

Depression at the edge of a bone

Question 18

Process

Answer 18

Any prominent, roughened projection from a bone

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Spine

Answer 19

Sharp, slender process

Question 20

Trochanter

Answer 20

Large, blunt process found only on the femur

Question 21

Trochlea

Answer 21

Pulley-shaped structure

Question 22

Tubercle

Answer 22

Small, rounded process

Question 23

Tuberosity/tuber

Answer 23

Large, usually roughened process