Skeletal System

Question 1

A deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

Answer 1

Alveolus

Question 2

The junction of two bones

Answer 2

Articulation

Question 3

Ear-shaped

Answer 3

Auricular

Question 4

Cleft into two parts or branches

Answer 4

Bifid

Question 5

A little head

Answer 5

Capitulum

Question 6

A spiral structure like a seashell

Answer 6

Concha

Question 7

A large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure

Answer 7

Condyle

Question 8

Describing a projection shaped like a crow’s beak

Answer 8

Coracoid

Question 9

Describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point

Answer 9

Coronoid

Question 10

Associated with or a part of the ribs

Answer 10

Costal

Question 11

A narrow, prominent ridgelike projection

Answer 11

Crest

Question 12

Perforated like a sieve

Answer 12

Cribriform

Question 13

Wedge-shaped

Answer 13

Cuneiform

Question 14

Half of a facet, part of an articular surface shared by two adjacent bones

Answer 14

Demifacet

Question 15

The middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

Answer 15

Diaphysis

Question 16

An elevation or projection, especially in a bone

Answer 16

Eminence

Question 17

A projection adjacent to a condyle

Answer 17

Epicondyle

Question 18

The end of a long bone

Answer 18

Epiphysis