CH 8: Bone Markings

Question 1

Site of muscle and ligament attachment: large rounded projection (roughened)

Answer 1

tuberosity

Question 2

Site of muscle and ligament attachment: narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent

Answer 2

crest

Question 3

Site of muscle and ligament attachment: large, blunt, and irregularly shaped (usually femur)

Answer 3

trochanter

Question 4

Site of muscle and ligament attachment: narrow ridge of bone; less prominent

Answer 4

line

Question 5

Site of muscle and ligament attachment: small rounded projection or process

Answer 5

tubercle

Question 6

Site of muscle and ligament attachment: raised area on or above condyle

Answer 6

epicondyle

Question 7

Site of muscle and ligament attachment: sharp, slender, pointed projection

Answer 7

spine

Question 8

Site of muscle and ligament attachment: bony prominence

Answer 8

process

Question 9

Projections that help form joints: bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

Answer 9

head

Question 10

Projections that help form joints: smooth, nearly flat articular surface

Answer 10

facet

Question 11

Projections that help form joints: rounded articular projection

Answer 11

condyle

Question 12

Projections that help form joints: armlike bar of bone

Answer 12

ramus

Question 13

For Passage of vessels and nerves: narrow slitlike opening

Answer 13

fissure

Question 14

For Passage of vessels and nerves: round or oval opening through bone

Answer 14

foramen

Question 15

For Passage of vessels and nerves: indentation at edge of structure

Answer 15

notch

Question 16

Others: What is a canal like passageway?

Answer 16

meatus

Question 17

Others: What is a bone cavity, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane?

Answer 17

sinus

Question 18

Others: What is shallow depression in bone/articular surface?

Answer 18

fossa