Vocab Quiz

Question 1

The head end

Answer 1

Cranial/Cephalic

Question 2

The tail end

Answer 2

Caudal

Question 3

The belly side

Answer 3

Ventral

Question 4

The back side

Answer 4

Dorsal

Question 5

The upper portion, or that which is above

Answer 5

Superior

Question 6

The lower portion, or that which is below

Answer 6

Inferior

Question 7

Descriptive prefix meaning above

Answer 7

Supra

Question 8

Descriptive prefix meaning below

Answer 8

Infra

Question 9

The forward surface or towards the front

Answer 9

Anterior

Used synonymously with cranial and quadrupeds, and with ventral in bipeds

Question 10

The rear surface or towards the rear

Answer 10

Posterior

Used synonymously with caudal in quadrupeds, and with dorsal in bipeds

Question 11

Refers to a location nearer the midline than another location

Answer 11

Medial

Question 12

Refers to a location farther from the midline than another location

Answer 12

Lateral

Question 13

Nearer the main axis of the body, or nearer the point of attachment

Answer 13

Proximal

Question 14

Away from the main axis of the body, or away from the point of attachment

Answer 14

Distal

Question 15

At or near the surface

Answer 15

Superficial

Question 16

Away from the surface

Answer 16

Deep

Question 17

A plane that extends from left to right and from dorsal to ventral, giving cranial and caudal portions

Answer 17

Transverse/Horizontal

Question 18

A plane that extends from cranial to caudal, giving right and left portions

Answer 18

Sagittal

Question 19

A plane that extends from cranial to caudal passing through the midline to divide the body or an organ into right and left halves

Answer 19

Midsagittal

Question 20

A plane that extends from left to right and cranial to caudal, giving dorsal and ventral portions

Answer 20

Frontal/Coronal

Question 21

A deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

Answer 21

Alveolus

Question 22

The junction of two bones

Answer 22

Articulation

Question 23

Ear-shaped

Answer 23

Auricular

Question 24

Cleft into two parts or branches

Answer 24

Bifid

Question 25

A little head

Answer 25

Capitulum

Question 26

A spiral structure like a seashell

Answer 26

Concha

Question 27

A large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure

Answer 27

Condyle

Question 28

Describing a projection shaped like a crow's beak

Answer 28

Coracoid

Question 29

Describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point

Answer 29

Coronoid

Question 30

Associated with or a part of the ribs

Answer 30

Costal

Question 31

A narrow, prominent ridge-like projection

Answer 31

Crest

Question 32

Perforated like a sieve

Answer 32

Cribriform

Question 33

Wedge-shaped

Answer 33

Cuneiform

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Demifacet

Question 35

The middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

Answer 35

Diaphysis

Question 36

An elevation or projection, especially on a bone

Answer 36

Eminence

Question 37

A projection adjacent to a condyle

Answer 37

Epicondyle

Question 38

The end of a long bone

Answer 38

Epiphysis

Question 39

A small, flat, shallow articulating surface

Answer 39

Facet

Question 40

A narrow, slit-like opening through a bone

Answer 40

Fissure

Question 41

A rounded passageway through a bone

Answer 41

Foramen

Question 42

A flattened or shallow depression

Answer 42

Fossa

Question 43

a small pit of depression

Answer 43

Fovea

Question 44

Shaped like a shallow socket

Answer 44

Glenoid

Question 45

A prominent, rounded epiphysis

Answer 45

Head

Question 46

A gap

Answer 46

Hiatus

Question 47

A thin, flat plate

Answer 47

Lamina

Question 48

A low ridge, less prominent than a crest

Answer 48

Line

Question 49

A club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

Answer 49

Malleolus

Question 50

Breast-shaped

Answer 50

Mastoid

Question 51

A passageway through a bone

Answer 51

Meatus

Question 52

A constricted portion adjacent to a head

Answer 52

Neck

Question 53

An indentation or v-shaped depression

Answer 53

Notch

Question 54

Associated with the nape of the neck

Answer 54

Nuchal

Question 55

A supporting column or stalk

Answer 55

Pedicule

Question 56

Like a rock

Answer 56

Petrous

Question 57

A projection; a bony prominence

Answer 57

Process

Question 58

A high place

Answer 58

Promontory

Question 59

Winglike

Answer 59

Pterygoid

Question 60

An angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure; a branch

Answer 60

Ramus

Question 61

A partition

Answer 61

Septum

Question 62

A cavity or hollow space in a bone

Answer 62

Sinus

Question 63

A pointed, slender process

Answer 63

Spine

Question 64

Flat, scalelike

Answer 64

Squamous

Question 65

Pointed, pen-like

Answer 65

Styloid

Question 66

A narrow groove

Answer 66

Sulcus

Question 67

The line of union in an immovable articulation

Answer 67

Suture

Question 68

A massive, rough projection found only on the femur

Answer 68

Trochanter

Question 69

A smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process

Answer 69

Trochlea

Question 70

A small, round projection

Answer 70

Tubercule

Question 71

A large, rough projection

Answer 71

Tuberosity

Question 72

Shaped like a sword

Answer 72

Xiphoid