7.2 Terms Used To Describe Skeletal Structures

Question 1

Condyle

Answer 1

Rounded process that usually articulates with another bone

Question 2

Crest

Answer 2

Narrow ridge like projection

Question 3

Epicondyle

Answer 3

Projection situated above a condyle

Question 4

Facet

Answer 4

Small, nearly flat surface

Question 5

Fontanel

Answer 5

Soft spot in the skull where membranes cover the space between bones

Question 6

Foremen

Answer 6

Opening through a bone that usually is a passageway for blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments

Question 7

Fossa

Answer 7

Relatively deep pit or depression

Question 8

Fovea

Answer 8

Tiny pit or depression

Question 9

Head

Answer 9

Enlargement on the end of a bone

Question 10

Meatus

Answer 10

Tubelike passageway within a bone

Question 11

Process

Answer 11

Prominent projection on a bone

Question 12

Sinus

Answer 12

Cavity within a bone

Question 13

Spine

Answer 13

Thornlike projection

Question 14

Sulcus

Answer 14

Furrow or groove

Question 15

Suture

Answer 15

Interlocking line of union between bones

Question 16

Trochanter

Answer 16

Relatively large process

Question 17

Tubercle

Answer 17

Small, knoblike process

Question 18

Tuberosity

Answer 18

Knoblike process usually larger than a tubercle