Axial Skeleton Flashcards
(50 cards)
1
Q
Ear
A
Auricular (auricle)
2
Q
The central like of body or part, where rotation takes place
A
Axis
3
Q
To put to sleep
A
Carotid
4
Q
Shaped like a crown
A
Coronoid
5
Q
Rib
A
Costal
6
Q
Crest of a rooster
A
Crista galli
7
Q
Sieve-like
A
Cribiform
8
Q
Shell
A
Concha
9
Q
Under the tongue
A
Hypoglossal
10
Q
Neck
A
Jugular
11
Q
A tear (drop)
A
Lacrimal
12
Q
Great
A
Magnum
13
Q
Handle
A
Mandibrium
14
Q
Shaped like a beast
A
Mastoid
15
Q
Chin
A
Mental
16
Q
Tooth-like
A
Odontoid
17
Q
Circle, bony socket for the eyeball
A
Orbit
18
Q
Projecting
A
Prominens
19
Q
Rocky
A
Petrous
20
Q
Wing-shaped
A
Pterygoid
21
Q
Sacred or strong bone
A
Sacrum
22
Q
Turkish saddle
A
Sella turcica
23
Q
Wedge shaped
A
Sphenoid
24
Q
Scale-like
A
Squamous
25
Chest
Sternum
26
Pencil-like structure
Styloid
27
Sword-shaped
Xiphoid
28
Deep pit or socket
Alveolus
29
A "water pipe", passageway through a bone
Canal
30
Large articulating rounded structure, knuckle
Condyle
31
Prominent ridge-like projection
Crest
32
Adjacent projection to a condyle
Epicondyle
33
Small, smooth and shallow articulating surface
Facet
34
Cleft; narrow, slit-like opening through a bone
Fissure
35
Rounded passage through a bone, a hole
Foramen
36
Shallow depression, a concavity within a surface
Fossa
37
Prominent and rounded epiphysis
Head
38
Low ridge
Line
39
Line
Linea
40
An indentation
Notch
41
Going forward, outgrowth in a bone
Process
42
A bulging bone feature
Protuberance
43
Branch
Ramus
44
Hollow space in a bone
Sinus
45
A thorn, sharp or pointed slender process
Spine
46
Groove
Sulcus
47
A runner, massive projection only found in femur
Trochanter
48
A pulley
Trochlea
49
Small prominence, small rounded projection
Tubercle
50
Large, rough projection
Tuberosity
