Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
25 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
A corner |
Angle |
Feature of shape of bone |
|
|
The main portion of a bone |
Body |
|
|
|
Rounded bump or large rounded prominence. Such rounded surfaces usually fit into another bone to form a joint. |
Condyle |
Process - forms joints |
|
|
Moderately raised and therefore prominent border or ridge. Such crests are often sites for a muscle attachment. |
Crest |
Process - attach connective tissues |
|
|
Shaft (main section) of a long-bone |
Diaphysis |
|
|
|
Bump near a condyle; often give appearance of a "bump on a bump"; for muscle attachment |
Epicondyle |
Process - attach connective tissues |
|
|
The end part of a long bone which usually has a larger diameter than the shaft-part of the bone (which is called the diaphysis). |
Epiphyses |
Articular part (ends) of long bones. |
|
|
A smooth flat articular surface. Such flat surfaces may form a joint with another or flat bone. |
Facet |
Process - forms joints |
|
|
Long, crack-line hole for blood vessels and nerves |
Fissure |
Channel-like cleft or crack |
|
|
Round hole through which blood vessels, nerves or ligaments pass. |
Foramen |
Hole |
|
|
A shallow depression (the word suggests "ditch" or "trench"). Such depressions in the surface of bones often receive another articulating bone with which a joint is formed. |
Fossa |
(Shallow) depression |
|
|
A rounded projection that forms part of a joint (in combination with a fitting part of an adjacent bone) and is separated from the shaft of the same bone by a narrow portion (usually called a "neck"). |
Head |
Process - forms joints |
|
|
Similar to a crest but not raised as much - may be relatively faint |
Line |
|
|
|
Edge of a flat bone or flat portion of the edge of a flat area |
Margin |
|
|
|
A tube-like opening or channel extending within a bone. |
Meatus |
Channel through bone |
|
|
A section of bone (esp. of long bones) between the "head" and the "shaft" of the bone, the "neck" of a bone is a narrowed portion, usually located at the base of the "head" of the bone. |
Neck |
|
|
|
A V-like depression in the margin or edge of a flat area. |
Notch |
Articulatory surface |
|
|
A raised area or projection. |
Process |
Attach connective tissues |
|
|
Curved portion of a bone, like a ram's horn. |
Ramus |
Curved surface |
|
|
Cavity within a bone. |
Sinus |
Cavity |
|
|
Similar to a crest but raised higher; a sharp, pointed, slender projection. Such sharp raised projections called spines are often sites for muscle attachment. |
Spine or Spinous process |
Process - attach connective tissues |
|
|
Groove, crevice or furrow. Such elongated depressions may accommodate a blood vessel, nerve or tendon. |
Sulcus |
Channel-like depression |
|
|
Large blunt bump-like projection (larger than a tuberosity, which is in turn larger than a tubercle). |
Trochanter |
Process - attach connective tissues |
|
|
Large rounded or oblong projection that may look like a raised bump. Such rounded/oblong projections are often sites for muscle attachment.
|
Tuberosity |
Process - attach connective tissues |
|
|
Small tuberosity that may also be described as a round nodule or warty outgrowth.
|
Tubercle |
Process - attach connective tissues; can also form articular surfaces |
