Surface Features or Markings Flashcards
(20 cards)
Alveolus
Socket, such as those into which the teeth are seated.
Ah-v-oh-lus
Condyle
Rounded process for articulation, usually covered with articular cartilage, such as on the femur
Con-dial
Crest
Prominent ridge or border of bone, such as in the iliac crest of the OS Coxae
Os cox-a
Epicondyle
Projection above a smooth articular condyle, such as on the femur
Facet
Small, smooth area that is usually covered with cartilage, such as on the thoracic vertebrae for rib articulation.
Fissure
Slit between bones, such as superior, orbital fissure
Foramen
Hole to allow passage of blood vessels or nerves, such as jugular foreman
Fossa
Depression area that is usually broad and shallow, such as glenoid fossa of the scapula.
Groove
Narrow furrow in bone, usually tracks the path of a nerve or blood vessel
Head
Large, rounded end of bone, such as the humerus
Line
Narrow ridge of Bone, less prominent than crest
Meatus
Opening of a canal or passage, such as external auditory meatus
Me-a-tus
Process
Projection or prominent of a bone, such as the mastoid process
Ramus
Arm like bar of bone, literally means a branch
Ray-mis
Sinus
Cavity in a bone, such as the maxillary sinus
Note: the term sinus can also be used to describe a channel of venous blood, such as the superior sagittal sinus.
Spine
Relatively sharp projection of the bone, such as the spinous process.
Sulcus
Relatively narrow groove, such as the intertubercular sulcis
Sol-kuss
Trochanter
Large, blunt process for muscle attachment, such as the trochanter of the femur.
Tubercle
Small, rounded prominence, such as the tubercle of the rib
Tuberosity
Large, rounded prominence such as the ischial tuberosity
