Skeletal System 2 Flashcards
(33 cards)
A small, flat, shallow, articulation surface
Facet
A narrow slit-like opening through a bone
Fissure
A rounded passageway through a bone
Foramen
A flattened or shallow depression
Fossa
A small pit or depression
Fovea
Shaped like a shallow socket
Glenoid
A prominent, rounded epiphysis
Head
A gap
Hiatus
A thin, flat plate
Lamina
A low ridge, less prominent than a crest
Line
A club-shaped or hammer-shaped process
Malleolus
Breast-shaped
Mastoid
A passageway through a bone
Meatus
A constricted portion adjacent to a head
Neck
A indentation or V-shaped depression
Notch
Associated with a the nape of the neck
Nuchal
A supporting column or stalk
Pedicle
Like a rock
Petrous
A projection, a bony prominence
Process
A high place
Pterygoid
An angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure; a branch
Ramus
A partition
Septum
A cavity or hollow space in a bone
Sinus
A pointed, slender process
Spine
