Anatomy Lab Quiz 1- Skeletal System

Front 1

Cribriform

Back 1

Perforated like a sieve

Front 2

Sinus

Back 2

A cavity or hollow space in a bone

Front 3

Process

Back 3

A projection, a bony prominence

Front 4

Head

Back 4

A prominent rounded epiphysis

Front 5

Cuneiform

Back 5

Wedge-shaped

Front 6

Crest

Back 6

A narrow, prominent, ridge-like projection

Front 7

Costal

Back 7

Associated with or a part of the ribs

Front 8

Promontory

Back 8

A high place

Front 9

Tubercle

Back 9

A small round projection

Front 10

Medial

Back 10

Refers to a location nearer the mid-line than another location

Front 11

Trochanter

Back 11

A massive rough projection only found on the femur

Front 12

Frontal or Coronal Plane

Back 12

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

Front 13

Suture

Back 13

The line of union in an immovable articulation

Front 14

Neck

Back 14

A constricting portion adjacent to a head

Front 15

Tuberosity

Back 15

A large rough projection

Front 16

Notch

Back 16

An indentation or 'V' shaped depression

Front 17

Ramus

Back 17

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

Front 18

Styloid

Back 18

Pointed, pen-like

Front 19

Septum

Back 19

A partition

Front 20

Nuchal

Back 20

Associated with the nape of the neck

Front 21

Sulcus

Back 21

A narrow groove

Front 22

Petrous

Back 22

Like a rock

Front 23

Lateral

Back 23

Refers to a location farther from the mid-line than another location

Front 24

Pedicle

Back 24

A supporting column or stalk

Front 25

Epiphysis

Back 25

End of a long bone

Front 26

Diaphysis

Back 26

The middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

Front 27

Eminence

Back 27

An elevation or projection, especially on a bone

Front 28

Demifacet

Back 28

1/2 a facet, part of an articular surface shared by 2 adjacent bones

Front 29

Epicondyle

Back 29

A projection adjacent to a condyle

Front 30

Facet

Back 30

A small, flat, shallow, articulating surface

Front 31

Distal

Back 31

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

Front 32

Articulation

Back 32

The junction of 2 bones

Front 33

Pterygoid

Back 33

Wing-like

Front 34

Line

Back 34

A low ridge, less prominent than a crest

Front 35

Glenoid

Back 35

Shaped like a shallow socket

Front 36

Fossa

Back 36

A flattened or shallow depression

Front 37

Hiatus

Back 37

A gap

Front 38

Lamina

Back 38

A thin, flat plate

Front 39

Fovea

Back 39

A small depression

Front 40

Malleolus

Back 40

A club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

Front 41

Meatus, Canal

Back 41

A passageway through a bone

Front 42

Infra-

Back 42

Prefix meaning below

Front 43

Spine

Back 43

A pointed slender process

Front 44

Supra-

Back 44

A prefix meaning above

Front 45

Superior

Back 45

The upper portion, or that which is above

Front 46

Sagittal Plane

Back 46

A plane that extends from cranial to caudal dividing the body into left and right portions

Front 47

Foramen

Back 47

A rounded passageway through a bone

Front 48

Fissure

Back 48

A narrow, slit-like opening through a bone

Front 49

Inferior

Back 49

The lower portion, or that which is below

Front 50

Condyle

Back 50

A large, smooth, rounded, articulating oval structure

Front 51

Capitulum

Back 51

A little head

Front 52

Concha

Back 52

A spiral structure, like a sea shell

Front 53

Coracoid

Back 53

Describing a projection shaped like a crow's beak

Front 54

Coronoid

Back 54

Describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point

Front 55

Bifid

Back 55

Cleft into 2 parts or branches

Front 56

Auricular

Back 56

Ear-shaped