Bones Flashcards
(20 cards)
Narrow, ridge like projection
Crest
Rounded process that usually articulates with another bone
Condyle
Projection situated above a condyle
Epicondyle
Small, nearly flat surface
Facet
Cleft or groove
Fissure
Soft spot in the skull where membranes cover the space between bones
Fontanel
Opening through a bone that usually serves as a passageway for blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments
Foramen
Relatively deep pit or depression
Fossa
Tiny pit or depression
Fovea
Enlargement on the end of a bone
Head
Narrow ridge
Linea
Tubelike passageway within a bone
Meatus
Prominent projection on a bone
Process
Branch of similar extension
Ramus
Cavity within a bone
Sinus
Thornlike projection
Spine
Interlocking line of union between bones
Suture
Relatively large process
Trochanter
Small, knoblike process
Tubercle
Knoblike process usually larger than a tubercle
Tuberosity