Anatomy lab q1 vocab

Question 1

alveolus

Answer 1

deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

Question 2

articulation

Answer 2

the junction of 2 bones

Question 3

auricular

Answer 3

ear-shaped

Question 4

bifid

Answer 4

cleft in two parts or branches

Question 5

capitulum

Answer 5

a little head

Question 6

concha

Answer 6

a spiral structure like a seashel

Question 7

condyle

Answer 7

a large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure

Question 8

coracold

Answer 8

describing a projection shpaed like a crows beak

Question 9

coronoid

Answer 9

describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point

Question 10

costal

Answer 10

associated with or a part of the ribs

Question 11

crest

Answer 11

a narrow, prominent ridgelike projection

Question 12

cribriform

Answer 12

perforated like a sieve

Question 13

cunciform

Answer 13

wedge-shaped

Question 14

demifacet

Answer 14

half a facet, part of an articular surface shared by two adjacent bones

Question 15

diaphysis

Answer 15

the middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

Question 16

eminence

Answer 16

an elecation or projection, especially on a bone

Question 17

epicondyle

Answer 17

a projection adjacent to a condyle

Question 18

epiphysis

Answer 18

the end of a long bone

Question 19

facet

Answer 19

a small, flat, shallow articulating surface

Question 20

fissure

Answer 20

a narrow, slit-like opening through a bone

Question 21

foramen

Answer 21

a rounded passageway through a bone

Question 22

fossa

Answer 22

`a flattened or shallow depression

Question 23

fovea

Answer 23

a small pit or depression

Question 24

glenoid

Answer 24

shaped like a shallow sockety

Question 25

head

Answer 25

a prominent, rounded epiphysis

Question 26

hiatus

Answer 26

a gap

Question 27

lamina

Answer 27

a thin, flat plate

Question 28

line

Answer 28

a low ridge, less prominent than a crest

Question 29

malleolus

Answer 29

a club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

Question 30

mastoid

Answer 30

breast-shaped

Question 31

meatus

Answer 31

a passageway through a bone

Question 32

neck

Answer 32

a constricted portion adjacent to a head

Question 33

notch

Answer 33

an indentation or v-shaped depression

Question 34

nuchal

Answer 34

associated with the shape of the neck

Question 35

pedicle

Answer 35

a supporting column or stock

Question 36

petrous

Answer 36

like a rock

Question 37

process

Answer 37

a projection, a bony prominence

Question 38

promonotory

Answer 38

a high place

Question 39

pterygold

Answer 39

winglike

Question 40

ramus

Answer 40

an angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure, a branch

Question 41

septum

Answer 41

a partition

Question 42

sinus

Answer 42

a cavity or hollow space in a bone

Question 43

spine

Answer 43

a pointed, slender process

Question 44

squamous

Answer 44

flat, scalelike

Question 45

styloid

Answer 45

pointed, pen-like

Question 46

sulcus

Answer 46

a narrow groove

Question 47

suture

Answer 47

the line of union in an immovable articulation

Question 48

trochanter

Answer 48

a massive, rough projection found only on the femur

Question 49

trochlea

Answer 49

a smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process

Question 50

tubercle

Answer 50

a small, round projection

Question 51

tuberosity

Answer 51

a large, rough projection

Question 52

xiphoid

Answer 52

shaped liek a sword