Vocal Quiz 1

Question 1

the head end

Answer 1

Cranial or 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 position, or that which is above

Answer 5

Superior

Question 6

the lower position, or that which is below

Answer 6

Inferior

Question 7

the forward surface or toward the front

Answer 7

anterior

Question 8

the rear surface or toward the rear

Answer 8

posterior

Question 9

refers to the location nearer to the midline than another location

Answer 9

medial

Question 10

refers to a location farther from the midline than another location

Answer 10

lateral

Question 11

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

Answer 11

proximal

Question 12

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

Answer 12

distal

Question 13

at or near the surface

Answer 13

superficial

Question 14

away from the surface

Answer 14

deep

Question 15

a plan that extends from the left to right and from dorsal to ventral

Answer 15

transverse

Question 16

a plane that extends from cranial to caudal, giving right and left portions (not even)

Answer 16

sagittal

Question 17

a plane that extends from cranial to caudal passing through the midline to divide the body or an organ into right and left halves (same size)

Answer 17

midsagittal

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Frontal

Question 19

a deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

Answer 19

alveolus

Question 20

the junction of two bones

Answer 20

articulation

Question 21

ear shaped

Answer 21

auricular

Question 22

cleft into two parts or branches

Answer 22

bifid

Question 23

a little head

Answer 23

capitulum

Question 24

a spiral structure like a seashell

Answer 24

concha

Question 25

a large, smooth rounded articulating oval structure

Answer 25

condyle

Question 26

describing a projection shaped like a crow's beak

Answer 26

coracoid

Question 27

describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point

Answer 27

coronoid

Question 28

associated with or part of the ribs

Answer 28

coastal

Question 29

a narrow, prominent ridge like projection

Answer 29

crest

Question 30

perforated like a sieve

Answer 30

cribriform

Question 31

wedge-shaped

Answer 31

cuneiform

Question 32

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

Answer 32

demifacet

Question 33

the middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

Answer 33

diaphysis

Question 34

an elevation or projection, especially on a bone

Answer 34

eminence

Question 35

a projection adjacent to a condyle

Answer 35

epicondyle

Question 36

the end of a long bone

Answer 36

epiphysis

Question 37

a small, flat, shallow articulating surface

Answer 37

facet

Question 38

a narrow, slit-like opening through a bone

Answer 38

fissure

Question 39

a rounded passageway through a bone

Answer 39

foramen

Question 40

a flattened or shallow depression

Answer 40

fossa

Question 41

a small pit or depression

Answer 41

fovea

Question 42

shaped like a shallow socket

Answer 42

glenoid

Question 43

a prominent, rounded epiphysis

Answer 43

head

Question 44

a gap

Answer 44

hiatus

Question 45

a thin, flat plate

Answer 45

lamina

Question 46

a low ridge, less prominent than a crest

Answer 46

line

Question 47

a club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

Answer 47

malleolus

Question 48

breast-shaped

Answer 48

mastoid

Question 49

a passageway through a bone

Answer 49

meatus

Question 50

a constricted portion adjacent to a head

Answer 50

neck

Question 51

an indentation or V-shaped depression

Answer 51

notch

Question 52

associated with the nape of the neck

Answer 52

nuchal

Question 53

a supporting column or stalk

Answer 53

pedicle

Question 54

like a rock

Answer 54

petrous

Question 55

a projection, a bony prominence

Answer 55

process

Question 56

a high place

Answer 56

promontory

Question 57

winglike

Answer 57

pterygoid

Question 58

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

Answer 58

ramus

Question 59

a partition

Answer 59

septum

Question 60

a cavity or hollow space in a bone

Answer 60

sinus

Question 61

a pointed, slender process

Answer 61

spine

Question 62

flat, scalelike

Answer 62

squamous

Question 63

pointed, pen-like

Answer 63

styloid

Question 64

a narrow groove

Answer 64

sulcus

Question 65

the line of union in an immoveable articulation

Answer 65

suture

Question 66

a massive, rough projection found only on the femur

Answer 66

trochanter

Question 67

a smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process

Answer 67

trochlea

Question 68

a small round like projection

Answer 68

tubercle

Question 69

a large, rough projection

Answer 69

tuberosity

Question 70

shaped like a sword

Answer 70

xiphoid