Lab 4 Test

Question 1

Canal or Meatus

Answer 1

Relatively narrow tubular channel, opening to a passageway

Question 2

Fissure

Answer 2

Groove or Cleft

Question 3

Foramen

Answer 3

Natural opening into or through a bone

Question 4

Fossa

Answer 4

Shallow depressed area

Question 5

Groove or Sulcus

Answer 5

Deep furrow on the surface of a bone or other structure

Question 6

Notch

Answer 6

Deep indentation, especially on the border of a bone

Question 7

Condyle

Answer 7

Rounded, knuckle-shaped projection (concave or convex)

Question 8

Epicondyle

Answer 8

A projection just above a condyle

Question 9

Facet

Answer 9

Small, flat surface. Any smooth surface of a bone where it articulates with another bone

Question 10

Head

Answer 10

Expanded, round surface at the proximal end of a bone
(often joined by a shaft by a narrow neck, and bearing the ball of a ball-and-socket joint)

Question 11

What are the 2 bones that make up the neck joint?

Answer 11

C1 (Atlas) and C2 (Axis)

Question 12

What is the function of cartilage that attaches to ribs 1-7 to the sternum?

Answer 12

Provide movement for breathing

Question 13

What is the criteria used for naming the ribs?

Answer 13

Cartilage attachment

Question 14

What is the anatomical landmark for the xiphoid process mostly used for?

Answer 14

CPR

Question 15

What is the Angle of Louis or Sternal Angle used for?

Answer 15

EKG