Bony Landmarks Flashcards
(37 cards)
1
Q
Acromion
A
point
2
Q
Apex
A
tip, peak
3
Q
Articular surface
A
area where a bone joins another
s.a. a joint
4
Q
Aspera
A
rough, rough line ON the posterior surface of the femur
5
Q
Auricular surface
A
like the shape of the EAR
6
Q
Bifid
A
split into TWO
7
Q
Chondro
A
cartilage
8
Q
Condyle
A
rounded part at the end of a bone
ex. knuckle
9
Q
Coracoid
A
beak
10
Q
Costo
A
rib
11
Q
Crest
A
ridge or elongated projection
12
Q
Facet
A
smooth articular surface
13
Q
Foramen
A
opening, hole, or shallow depression
14
Q
Fossa
A
shallow depression
15
Q
Fovea
A
pit
16
Q
Glenoid
A
socket
17
Q
Linea
A
line
18
Q
Malleolus
A
bony part on each side of the angle
19
Q
Meta
A
change, or following series
20
Q
Obturator
A
close up
21
Q
Osteo
A
bone
22
Q
Process
A
projection
23
Q
Ramus
A
branch of a forked structure
24
Q
Retinaculum
A
holds organ in place
25
Spine
sharp
26
sustentacalum
supports
27
symphysis
type of synchondrosis - joint where bones are separated by a disk of fibrocartilage
28
Trochanter
large blunt process
| ex. the two trochanters below the femur neck
29
Trochlea
SMOOTH articular surface
30
Tubercle
bump, small tuberosity
31
Tuberosity
round process, where muscles and ligaments can attach
32
epi
upon, on the outside
33
infra
below
34
inter
b/w
35
intra
within
36
peri
around
37
supra
above
