Bone markings

Question 1

Large rounded projection; may be roughened

Answer 1

Tuberosity

Question 2

Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent

Answer 2

Crest

Question 3

Very large, blunt, irregularly shape process (the only examples are on the femur

Answer 3

Trochanter

Question 4

Narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest

Answer 4

Line

Question 5

Small rounded projection or process

Answer 5

tubercle

Question 6

Raised area on or above a condyle

Answer 6

Epicondyle

Question 7

Sharp, slender, often pointed projection

Answer 7

Spine

Question 8

Any bony prominence (projection)

Answer 8

Process

Question 9

Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

Answer 9

Head

Question 10

Smooth, nearly flat articular surface

Answer 10

Facet

Question 11

Round articular projection, often articulates with a corresponding fossa

Answer 11

Condyle

Question 12

Round or oval opening through a bone

Answer 12

Foramen

Question 13

furrow (a marked narrow depression

Answer 13

Grove

Question 14

Narrow, slitlike opening

Answer 14

Fissure

Question 15

a long narrow cut or opening

Answer 15

Slit

Question 16

Indentation at the edge of a structure

Answer 16

Notch

Question 17

An angular cut in an edge

Answer 17

Indentation

Question 18

Shallow basin like depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface

Answer 18

Fossa

Question 19

Canal-like passageway

Answer 19

Meatus

Question 20

Cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane

Answer 20

Sinus

Question 21

Their purpose is to lighten the skull and also act as resonance chambers in the production of sounds.

Answer 21

Sinus