Quiz Flashcards
(132 cards)
What is a fissure?
Narrow slit-like opening
What is a crest
Narrow ridge of bone
What is a facet
Smooth, nearly flat articular surface
What is a condyle?
Rounded articular projection
What is a foramen?
Round or oval opening through a bone
What is a fossa
Shallow basin like depression in a bone
What is a groove
Furrow
What is a head(bone marking)
Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck
What is a line(bone marking)
Narrow ridge of bone, less prominent than a crest
What is a meatus
Canal-like passageway
What is a notch?
Intention at the edge of a structure
What is a process
Any bony prominence
What is a ramus
Arm like bar of bone
What is a sinus
Bone cavity filled with air and lines with mucous membrane
What is a spine
Sharp, slender, often pointed projection
What is a trochanter
Very large , blunt, irregularly shaped process( femur only)
What is a tubercle
Small rounded projection or process
What is a tuberosity
Large rounded projection
What is an epicondyle
Raised area on or above a condyle
Give an an area or bone where a trochanter can be found
Femur only
Give one area or bone where a line (bone marking) can be found
Femur
Give one area or bone where a epicondyle can be found
Femur
Give one area where a head (bone marking) can be found
Femur
Give one area where a ramus can be found
Mandible