Lab Exam #2

Question 1

Tuberosity

Answer 1

Large, rounded projection. May be roughened

Question 2

Crest

Answer 2

Narrow ridge of bone, usually prominant

Question 3

Trochanter

Answer 3

Only on the Femur bone!
Large irregularly shaped processes
Greater trochanter
Lesser trochanter

Question 4

Line

Answer 4

Narrow ridge of bone

Less prominent than a crest

Question 5

Tubercle

Answer 5

Small, rounded projection or process

Question 6

Epicondyl

Answer 6

Raised area on or above a condyle

Question 7

Spine

Answer 7

Sharp, slender, often pointed projection

Question 8

Ramus

Answer 8

Armlike bar of bone

Question 9

Head

Answer 9

Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

Projection that helps form a joint

Question 10

Facet

Answer 10

Smooth, nearly flat articular surface

Projection that helps form a joint

Question 11

Condyle

Answer 11

Rounded articular projection

Projection that helps form a joint

Question 12

Meatus

Answer 12

Canal like passage

Allows blood vessels and nerves to pass

Question 13

Sinus

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Fossa

Answer 14

Shallow depression in a bone often an articular surface

Question 15

Groove

Answer 15

Slitlike furrow

Question 16

Fissure

Answer 16

Narrow, slitlike opening

Question 17

Foramen

Answer 17

Round or oval opening through a bone