Unit 2 Bones

Question 1

Body

Answer 1

Main portion

Body of mandible

Question 2

Head

Answer 2

Enlarged (often rounded) end

Question 3

Neck

Answer 3

Constricted area (between head/body)

Question 4

Margin

Answer 4

Border edge

Supra orbital margin

Question 5

Angle

Answer 5

Bend

Angle of mandible

Question 6

Ramus

Answer 6

Branch off the body (beyond the angle)

Ramus of mandible

Question 7

Condyle

Answer 7

Smooth, rounded articulate surface

Condyle of mandible

Question 8

Facet

Answer 8

Small, flattened articular surface

Occipital facet

Question 9

Suture

Answer 9

Where bonds grow together

Sagittal suture
Coronal suture
Squamosal suture
Lambdoid suture

Question 10

Fontanelle

Answer 10

Baby skull

Sphenoid fontanelle
Anterior fontanelle
Posterior fontanelle
Mastoid fontanelle

Question 11

Line or lines

Answer 11

Low ridge

Superior nochal line
Inferior nochal line

Question 12

Crest or crista

Answer 12

Prominent ridge

Frontal crest
Crista galli

Question 13

Spine

Answer 13

Very high ridge

Question 14

Process

Answer 14

Prominent projection

Styloid process
Maxilla process
Mandible process
Condyler process

Question 15

Tubercle

Answer 15

Small, round process

Question 16

Tuberosity

Answer 16

Tuber knoblike process

Usually larger than tubercle

Question 17

Trochanter

Answer 17

Large tuberosity found only in the proximal femur

Question 18

Epicondyle

Answer 18

Near or above a condyle

Question 19

Lingual

Answer 19

Flat, tongue-shaped process

Question 20

Hamulus

Answer 20

Hook-shaped process

Question 21

Cornu

Answer 21

Horn-shaped process

Question 22

Protuberance

Answer 22

External occipital

Question 23

Foreman

Answer 23

Hole

Mental foreman
Mastoid foreman 
Ovale foreman 
Stylomastoid foreman 
Infraorbital foreman
Optic foreman 
Mandibular foreman
Rotumdum foreman
Jugular foreman

Question 24

Nutrient foreman

Answer 24

Conveys blood vessels supplying bone itself

Question 25

Canal or metus

Answer 25

Tunnel External acoustic meatus Carotid canal Hypoglossal canal

Question 26

Fissure

Answer 26

Cleft Superior orbital fissure Inferior orbital fissure

Question 27

Sinus

Answer 27

Cavity or labyrinth cavity Ethmoid cavity Maxillary cavity Mastoid cavity

Question 28

Fossa

Answer 28

General term for a depression Jugular fossa Mandibular fossa Inclusive fossa Hypophyseal fossa

Question 29

Impression

Answer 29

Indentation made by a specific structure Cerebellar impression

Question 30

Notch

Answer 30

Depression in the margin of a bone Supraorbital notch Frontal notch

Question 31

Fovea

Answer 31

Little pit

Question 32

Groove or sulcus

Answer 32

Deeper, narrow depression ``` Superior sulci Sagittal sulci Chiasmatic sulci Transverse sulci Sigmoid sulci ```