LAB - Post-cranial Skeleton Flashcards
Tuberosity
large rounded projection; may be roughened
Crest
narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent
trochanter
very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process
Line
narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest
Tubercle
small rounded projection or process
Epicondyle
raised area on or above a condyle
Spine
sharp, slender, often pointed projection
Process
any bony prominence
Head
Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck
Facet
smooth, nearly flat articular surface
Condyle
rounded articular projection
Ramus
armlike bar of bone
Meatus
canal-like passageway
Sinus
cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane
Fossa
shallow, basinlike depression in a bone often serving as an articular surface
Groove
furrow
Fissure
narrow, slitlike opening
Foramen
round or oval opening through a bone
neural spine
zygosphene
zygosphene
prezygapophysis
neural canal
postzygapophysis