| Question |
Answer |
| diaphysis | tubular shaft of long bones |
| epiphysis | end portion of long bones |
| process | projection or bump (coracoid process) |
| ramus | exension of bone making angle w/structure (vertical portion of mandible deep to masseter) |
| Trochanter | large, rough projection - tendon or ligament attach (greater trochanter- gluteus medius, minimus and deep rotator muscles of femer attach) |
| tuberosity | small, rough projection - tendon or ligament attach (ischial tuberosity - sit bone, hamsrings, adductor magnus & sacrotuberous ligament attachment site) |
| Tubercle | tubercle small round projection - tendon or ligament attach ( Lister's tubercle - dorsal surface of radial styloid process - extensor pollicis longus tendon attach) |
| Epicondyle | epicondyle projection (usually to side) on condyle - tendon or ligament attach -(epicondyles of humerus - medial site tendons of wrist & hand flexors. Lateral site for tendons of wrist & hand extensors. |
| Crest | crest small round projection - tendon or ligament attach (pubic crest - rectus abdominis and abdominal aponeurosis) |
| Line | line low ridge - tendon or ligament attach (lina aspera on femur - Vastus Lateralis & Medialis attach) |
| Spine ridge | spine ridge - tendon or ligament attach (spine of scapula - posterior deltoid, middle and lower fibers of trapezius attach) |
| Head | head - articular end of epiphysis - articulation site bone to bone (head of radius - stablized by annular ligament - pivoting point for supination & pronation) |
| Neck | neck between epiphysis and diaphysis |
| Condyle | condyle smooth rounded articular process articulation site bone to bone (femur) |
| Trochlea | trochlea grooved articular process shaped like pulley - distal end of the humerus that articulates with the ulna. |
| Facet | facet small, flat articular surface |
| Fossa | fossa shallow depression (infraspinous fossa) |
| Sulus | sulus narrow groove (depression) |
| Foramen | foramen passageway for vessles and nerves - opening (vertebral foramen) |
| Canal | canal passage way through the substance of a bone - opening (vertebra canal for spinal nerve) |
| Fissure | fissure elogated cleft - opening |
| Sinus | sinus chamber within a bone - opening |
| Long Bone | long bones long & slender (femur, tibula, fibula, humerus) |
| Short Bone | short bones smal and boxy (carpals, tarsals) |
| Flat Bones | flat bones thin, parallel surfaces (sternum, ribs, scapula) |
| Irregular Bones | irregular bones complex shapes (vetebrae, pelvis, skull) |
| Sesamoid Bones | sesamoid bones small flat, seed like (patella) |
| Sutural Bones | sutural bones small, flat, irregular long bones arm, leg, hand, toes short bones carpals, tarsals flat bones sternum, rigs, scapula irregular bones vetebrae, pelvis, skull sutural bones between bones of skull |
| Anticubital | anticubital front of the elbow |
| Cubital | cubital forearm |
| Crural | crural thigh |
| synarthrose | immovable joint |
| amphiarthrosis | slightly moveable joint |
| diarthrosis | freely moving joint fibrous joint |
| ??? | synarthrose joint cartilagenous joint amphiarthrosis joint synovial joint diarthrosis joint suctures joint fibrous joint symphyses |
| cartilagenous joint- | An articulation in which bones are united by cartilage without a synovial membrane |
| ball & socket | synovial joint |
| gomphoses (roots of teeth) | synarthroses joint |
| intervertebral disc | amphiarthrosis joint |
| pivot joint (radius - ulnar) | diarthrosis joint |
| hinge joint (elbow, knee) | synovial joint |
| ellipsodial Joint (wrist) | synovial joint |
| saddle joint (carpal - metacarpal) | synovial joint |
| gliding joint (carpal - carpal) | synovial joint |
| meatus | body opening or passage, such as the opening of the ear (auditory meatus) or the urethral canal |
| nucleus pulposus | soft, fibrocartilaginous central portion of the intervertebral disk |
| Annulus fibrosus | A fibrous and cartilage ring that forms the circumference of a vertebrae |
| endosteum | cells lining the medullary cavity of a bone |
| periosteum | dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones except at the joints |
| retinaculum | holds organ or tissue in place |
| galabella | inner eye (CV1) |
| collagen | the main component of bone that has the piezoelectric quality |
| remodeling | is continual changing of bone in response to functional demands |
| cancellous | bone that contains trabeculas |
| axial skeleton | forms the axis of the body. Includes the head, vertebral column, ribs and sternum. Provides the body with form and protection. |
| Appendicular skeleton | composed of the limbs of the body and their attachments.Sagittal suture between parietal bones |
| Lambdoidal suture | between the parietal bones and the occipital bones |
| Coronal suture | between the parietal bones and the frontal bones |
| Squamous suture | between the temporal and parietal bones. |
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