Vocab 1

Question 1

cranial

Answer 1

the head end

Question 2

caudal

Answer 2

the tail end

Question 3

ventral

Answer 3

the belly side

Question 4

dorsal

Answer 4

the back side

Question 5

superior

Answer 5

the upper portion

Question 6

inferior

Answer 6

the lower portion

Question 7

supra

Answer 7

prefix; above

Question 8

infra

Answer 8

prefix; below

Question 9

anterior

Answer 9

toward the front

Question 10

posterior

Answer 10

toward the back/rear

Question 11

medial

Answer 11

toward the midline

Question 12

lateral

Answer 12

away from midline

Question 13

proximal

Answer 13

nearer the point of attachment

Question 14

distal

Answer 14

away from the point of attachment

Question 15

superficial

Answer 15

near surface

Question 16

deep

Answer 16

away from surface

Question 17

transverse

Answer 17

plane extend from left to right, from dorsal to ventral, horizontal, gives cranial and caudal

Question 18

sagittal

Answer 18

plane divides left and right portions, from cranial to caudal, vertical

Question 19

midsagittal

Answer 19

plane divide left and right portions evenly, from cranial to caudal, vertical

Question 20

frontal

Answer 20

plane divides front and back portions, from cranial to caudal, giving dorsal and ventral portions, vertical

Question 21

alveolus

Answer 21

deep pit of maxilla or mandible

Question 22

articulation

Answer 22

junction of two bones

Question 23

auricular

Answer 23

ear-shaped

Question 24

bifid

Answer 24

cleft into two parts

Question 25

capitulum

Answer 25

a little head

Question 26

concha

Answer 26

spinal structure like a seashell

Question 27

condyle

Answer 27

large, smooth, round, articulation oval structure

Question 28

coracoid

Answer 28

describing projection shaped

Question 29

coronoid

Answer 29

describing triangular projection ending in a sharp point

Question 30

costal

Answer 30

associated with parts of the ribs

Question 31

crest

Answer 31

narrow, prominent ridgelike projection

Question 32

cuneiform

Answer 32

wedge-shape

Question 33

cribriform

Answer 33

perforated like a sieve

Question 34

demifacet

Answer 34

half of a facet, part of a articulate shape shared with adjacent bones

Question 35

diaphysis

Answer 35

middle portion of a long bone, shaft

Question 36

eminence

Answer 36

an elevation or projection, especially on bone

Question 37

epicondyle

Answer 37

a projection adjacent to a condyle

Question 38

epiphysis

Answer 38

end of a long bone

Question 39

facet

Answer 39

small, flat, shallow articulating surface

Question 40

fissure

Answer 40

a narrow, slit-like opening through bone

Question 41

foramen

Answer 41

rounded passageway through bone

Question 42

fossa

Answer 42

a flattened or shallow depression

Question 43

fovea

Answer 43

a small pit or depression

Question 44

glenoid

Answer 44

shaped like a shallow socket

Question 45

head

Answer 45

prominent rounded epiphysis

Question 46

hiatus

Answer 46

a gap

Question 47

lamina

Answer 47

a thin flat plate

Question 48

line

Answer 48

a low ridge, less prominent than a crest

Question 49

malleolus

Answer 49

a club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

Question 50

mastoid

Answer 50

breast-shape

Question 51

meatus

Answer 51

a passageway through a bone

Question 52

neck

Answer 52

constricted portion adjacent to head

Question 53

notch

Answer 53

an indentation or v-shaped depression

Question 54

nuchal

Answer 54

associated with the nape of the neck

Question 55

pedicle

Answer 55

a supporting column or stalk

Question 56

petrous

Answer 56

like a rock

Question 57

process

Answer 57

a projection, bony prominence

Question 58

promontory

Answer 58

a high place

Question 59

pterygoid

Answer 59

winglike

Question 60

ramus

Answer 60

a branch, angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of structure

Question 61

septum

Answer 61

a partition

Question 62

sinus

Answer 62

cavity or hollow place in bone

Question 63

spine

Answer 63

pointed, slender process

Question 64

squamous

Answer 64

flat, scale-like

Question 65

styloid

Answer 65

pointed, pen-like

Question 66

sulcus

Answer 66

a narrow groove

Question 67

suture

Answer 67

line of union in an immovable articulation

Question 68

trochanter

Answer 68

a massive, rough projection found only on femur

Question 69

trochlea

Answer 69

a small, grooved pulley-like articular process

Question 70

tubercle

Answer 70

a small, round projection

Question 71

tuberosity

Answer 71

a large, round projection

Question 72

xiphoid

Answer 72

shaped like a sword