Chapter 8- Skeletal System

Question 1

Condyle

Answer 1

Rounded knob

Usually fits in a fossa to form a joint

Question 2

Facet

Answer 2

Flat surface

Question 3

Head

Answer 3

Prominent expanded end of a bone

Question 4

Crest

Answer 4

Raised edge

Question 5

Epicondyle

Answer 5

Bump superior to a condyle

Question 6

Process

Answer 6

Projection or raised area

Question 7

Spine

Answer 7

Sharp pointed process

Question 8

Trochanter

Answer 8

Large process

Only found in the femur

Question 9

Tubercle

Answer 9

Small rounded process

Question 10

Tuberosity

Answer 10

Rough raised bump usually forms muscle attachment

Question 11

Fossa

Answer 11

Depression

Question 12

Fovea

Answer 12

Small pit

Question 13

Sulcus

Answer 13

Groove or elongated depression

Question 14

Canal

Answer 14

Tunnel through a bone

Question 15

Fissure

Answer 15

Long slit for blood vessels and nerves

Question 16

Foremen

Answer 16

Rounded opening usually a passageway for vessels and nerves

Question 17

Meatus

Answer 17

Tube like opening

Question 18

Sinus

Answer 18

Cavity with out bone

Question 19

Cervical vertebrae

Answer 19

Top 7

Question 20

Thoracic vertebrae

Answer 20

Middle 12

Question 21

Lumbar vertebrae

Answer 21

Bottom 5

Question 22

Sacrum vertebrae

Answer 22

Bottom 4-5 fused

Question 23

Coccyx vertebrae

Answer 23

4 fused

Question 24

Nucleus pulposus

Answer 24

Gel like core of vertebral disc

Question 25

Annulus fibrosus

Answer 25

Tough ring of fiberous cartilage around intervertebral disc

Question 26

Atlas

Answer 26

C1-
Delicate ring and large vertebral foramen
Transverse ligament holds it onto axis

Question 27

Axis

Answer 27

C2-
Projection called a dens
Body, lamina, and spinous process

Question 28

Bones of the wrist

Answer 28

Thumb - pinky top row:
Trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, humate, triquerum, pisform
Bottom:
Scaphoid, Lunate