Bone Markings

Question 1

Facet

Answer 1

A smooth flat articular surface (articular facets of vertebrae)

Question 2

Head

Answer 2

The prominent expanded end of a bone, sometimes rounded (head of humerus or femur)

Question 3

Crest

Answer 3

A narrow elevated ridge of bone (iliac crest of hip)

Question 4

Epicondyle

Answer 4

A projection superior to a Condyle (medial Epicondyle of the humerus or femur)

Question 5

Line

Answer 5

A slightly raised, elongated ridge (nuchal lines of occipital bone)

Question 6

Process

Answer 6

Any bony prominence (mastoid process, zygomatic process)

Question 7

Protuberance

Answer 7

A bony outgrowth or protruding part (mental protuberance of chin)

Question 8

Ramus

Answer 8

A branch (Ramus of mandible)

Question 9

Spine

Answer 9

A sharp slender process (spine of scapula)

Question 10

Trochanter

Answer 10

2 massive processes unique to the femur (greater or lesser trochanter to the femur)

Question 11

Tubercle

Answer 11

A small rounded process (greater or lesser tubercle of humerus)

Question 12

Tuberosity

Answer 12

A rough elevated surface (tibial tuberosity)

Question 13

Alveolus

Answer 13

A pit or socket (tooth socket)

Question 14

Fossa

Answer 14

A shallow broad or elongated basin (iliac fossa)

Question 15

Fovea

Answer 15

A small pit (fovea Capitis of the femur)

Question 16

Sulcus

Answer 16

A groove for a tendon nerve or blood vessel (inter-tubercular sulcus of the humerus)

Question 17

Canal

Answer 17

A tubular passage of tunnel in a bone (condylar canal of the skull)

Question 18

Fissure

Answer 18

A slit through a bone (orbital fissures behind the eye)

Question 19

Foramen

Answer 19

A hole through the bone (Foramen magnum)

Question 20

Meatus

Answer 20

An opening into a canal (acoustic Meatus of the ear)

Question 21

Sinus

Answer 21

An air filled space in a bone (front sinus)

Question 22

Condyle

Answer 22

A rounded knob that articulates with another none. (Occipital or mandibular condyles)