Lab Exam 2 Flashcards
What is a tuberosity?
A rounded prominence
What is a crest?
Narrow prominent ridge
What is a trochanter?
Rough prominence
Exclusive to femur
What is a tubercle?
Small knob like outgrowth
Where two bones articulate
What is a head?
Rounded projection that forms part of a joint
What is a facet?
Smooth flat surface where bones articulate
What is a condyle?
Large round bump
What is an epicondyle?
A bump on a condyle
What is a spine?
Higher raised crest
What is a ramus?
Curved portion of a bone
What is a meatus?
Tube like opening that passes through bones
What is a sinus?
Cavity within a bone
What is a fossa?
Shallow depression
What is a foramen?
A hole through which something passes
What is a groove?
Long narrow depression
What is a line?
Similar to a crest but flatter
What is a process?
Raised area or projection
What is the epiphysis?
The head of a long bone
What type of cartilage is in the external ear?
Elastic
What type of cartilage is in the nose?
Hyaline
What type of cartilage is in the shoulder joint?
Hyaline
What type of cartilage is in the knee joint?
Hyaline
What type of cartilage is in the intervertebral discs
Fibrocartilage
What type of cartilage is in the pubic symphysis?
Fibrocartilage