Bones & Processes

Question 0

Somewhat cube like bone with lengths and widths equal

Examples

Answer 0

Short bones

Bones of wrists and ankles

Question 1

Bone with Long longitudinal axes and expanded ends.

Examples:

Answer 1

Long bone

Femur phalanges radius ulna

Question 2

Plate like bones with broad surfaces

Examples

Answer 2

Flat bone

Ribs scapula sternum

Question 3

Bones in a variety of shapes

Example

Answer 3

Irregular bones

Vertebral column

Question 4

Small and nodular bones

Example

Answer 4

Sesamoid (Round) bones

Knee cap

Question 5

Found at each end of a long bone expanded portion

Articulates (forms a joint)

Answer 5

Epiphysis

Question 6

Shaft of the bone between epiphyses

Answer 6

Diaphysis

Question 7

Tough vascular covering of fibrous tissue completely encloses the bone except for the articular cartilage
Function: helps form & repair bone tissue

Answer 7

Periosteum

Question 8

Provides sites where ligaments & tendons attach (process)

Answer 8

Boney projections

Question 9

Form passages for blood vessels & nerves (process)

Answer 9

Groves & openings

Question 10

May articulate with process of another (process)

Answer 10

Bone depressions

Question 11

This type of bone makes up the wall of the diaphysis

Answer 11

Compact bone

Question 12

Epiphysis is largely composed of ____ tissue

Answer 12

Spongy bone (cancellous)

Question 13

Hollow tube within the diaphysis

Answer 13

Marrow / Medullary Cavity

Question 14

A band of hyaline cartilage in growing bone. Includes layers of young chondrocytes undergoing mitosis & causing bone to grow

Answer 14

Epiphyseal plate

Question 15

Rounded smooth articular surface (joint)

Answer 15

Condyle

Question 16

Small flattened surface

Answer 16

Facet

Question 17

Soft spot on the skull

Answer 17

Fontanel

Question 18

Hole ( nerves blood vessels ligaments travel thru)

Answer 18

Foramen

Question 19

Deep depression

Answer 19

Fossa

Question 20

Tube like passage way within a bone

Answer 20

Meatus

Question 21

A prominent projection

Answer 21

Process

Question 22

Cavity within a bone

Answer 22

Sinus

Question 23

Interlocking line of union between bones

Answer 23

Suture

Question 24

Knob like process ; bump

Answer 24

Tubercle

Question 25

(Process) small opening which blood vessels and nerves pass to the forehead tissue

Answer 25

Supraorbital foramen

Question 26

Process. Reduce skull weight and increase intensity of voice by serving as a resonant sound chamber

Answer 26

2 frontal sinuses

Question 27

Process. One on each side of skill. Form bulging sides of the cranium.

Answer 27

Parietal bones

Question 28

Where the parietal and occipital bones meet

Answer 28

Lambdoid suture

Question 29

Process. Articulate with 1st vertebrae (atlas)

Answer 29

Occipital condyle

Question 30

Process. Attachment site for neck muscles. Less pronounced on women

Answer 30

Occipital protuberance

Question 31

On each side of skull.

Answer 31

Temporal bones

Question 32

Temporal bones meet parietal along which suture

Answer 32

Squamous

Question 33

Process. Attachment for muscles of neck

Answer 33

Mastoid process | BOOB ON EAR

Question 34

Creates prominence of cheek

Answer 34

Zygomatic process

Question 35

Forms base of cranium, sides of skull, and floors and sides of orbits

Answer 35

Sphenoid bone

Question 36

Saddle shaped process. Occupied by pituitary gland

Answer 36

Sella turcica

Question 37

Separates brain and nasal cavity

Answer 37

Ethmoid bone

Question 38

Thin bone. Makes up part of roof of nasal cavity. Holes allow scent nerves to pass to brain

Answer 38

Cribriform plate (has holes)

Question 39

Forms most of nasal septum

Answer 39

Perpendicular plate

Question 40

Membranes that enclose the brain (meninges) attach to this

Answer 40

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