anatomy lab quiz 2 Flashcards
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Spongy bone
Cancellous bone
Composed of small trabeculae of bone and lots of open space
Compact bone
Smooth and homogeneous
Long bones
Longer than they are wide
Short bone
Typically cubed shaped
More spongy bone than compact bone
Tarsals and carpals
Flat bones
Thin, with two waferlike layers of compact bone sandwiching a layer of spongy bone between them
Skull bones
Irregular bones
Irregular shaped
Vertebrae
Sesamoid bones
Special types of short bones formed in tendons
Patellas
Sutures bones
Tiny bones between cranial bones
Bone markings
Reveal where bones form joints with other bones, where muscles, tendons, AND ligaments, were attached, and where blood vessels and nerves passed
Two categories for bone markings
Projections: processes that grow out from the bone
Depressions or cavities: intentions or openings ion the bone
Tuberosity
Large rounded projection
Crest
Narrow ridge of bone, usually prominent
Trochanter
Very large blunt irregularly shaped process
Femur
Line
Narrow ride of bone, less prominent than crest
Tubercle
Small rounds projection or process
Epicondylitis
Raised area on or above a condyle
Spine
Sharp, slender, often pointed projection
Process
Any bony prominence
Head
Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck
Facet
Smooth, nearly flat articular surface
Condyle
Rounded articular projection
Often articulates with a corresponding fossa
Ramus
Arm like bar of bone.
Foramen
Round or oval opening through a bone
Groove
Furrow