Osteology Test 1

Front 1

Coronal

Back 1

Front from back

Front 2

Transverse

Back 2

Top from bottom

Front 3

Sagittal

Back 3

Left from right

Front 4

Anterior

Back 4

Front

Front 5

Posterior

Back 5

Back

Front 6

Cranial

Back 6

Towards the head

Front 7

Caudial

Back 7

Towards the butt

Front 8

Superior

Back 8

Above

Front 9

Inferior

Back 9

Below

Front 10

Lateral

Back 10

Away from the sagittal line

Front 11

Medial

Back 11

Towards the sagittal line

Front 12

Distal

Back 12

Away from midline

Front 13

Proximal

Back 13

Towards the midline

Front 14

External

Back 14

Outside

Front 15

Labial

Back 15

Outside teeth, from canines to incisors.

Front 16

Buccal

Back 16

Outside teeth from molars back

Front 17

Lingual

Back 17

Inside teeth (tongue side)

Front 18

Dental arcade

Back 18

Following the curve of the teeth

Front 19

Process

Back 19

Localized projection

Front 20

Spine

Back 20

Elongated projection

Front 21

Tubercle

Back 21

Small rounded elevation

Front 22

Tuberosity

Back 22

Large rounded elevation

Front 23

Trochanter

Back 23

Tuberosity on the femur

Front 24

Lip (margin)

Back 24

Edge of a raised surface

Front 25

Condyle

Back 25

Knuckle like projection

Front 26

Ridge

Back 26

Rough, narrow elevation

Front 27

Head

Back 27

End of a long bone

Front 28

Plate

Back 28

Thin projection

Front 29

Crest

Back 29

Sharp raised line projection generally caused by two muscles pulling in opposite directions

Front 30

Line

Back 30

Low narrow ridge

Front 31

Torus

Back 31

Thickened area of bone

Front 32

Foramen

Back 32

An opening in bone made for blood vessels

Front 33

Meatus

Back 33

Chasm like groove, wide short canal

Front 34

Furrow/Groove

Back 34

A long pit

Front 35

Fossa

Back 35

Broad depressed area

Front 36

Acetabulum

Back 36

Socket for a bone (only one in humans)

Front 37

Phobia/Pit

Back 37

Very slight, small depression

Front 38

Notch

Back 38

Deep cut on the edge of something

Front 39

Canal

Back 39

Tube like extension

Front 40

Plane

Back 40

Flat, featureless surface

Front 41

Suture

Back 41

Area where bones meet in the skull

Front 42

Epiphysis

Back 42

Where parts of long bone fuse at growth plates

Front 43

Shaft

Back 43

Long part of the long bone

Front 44

Sinus

Back 44

Open space inside of bone

Front 45

Dorsal

Back 45

Back referring to whole bodies

Front 46

Ventral

Back 46

Front referring to whole bodies

Front 47

Gliding joints

Back 47

When bones meet flat surfaces and allow for bones to glide past one another

Front 48

Ball and socket

Back 48

Shoulder and hip joints allow for great movement (see glenoid fossa)

Front 49

Hinge joints

Back 49

Such as the elbow and knee, all for movement in one direction

Front 50

Saddle joint

Back 50

Such as in the thumb, allows for 360° of rotation