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Merrill Chpt 3
Arthrology Part 3a
Question | Answer |
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What are depressions? | Hollow or depressed areas |
What is a fracture? | A break in bone |
Processes or projections ____ beyond or _____out from the main body of a bone | Extend; project |
A rounded process at an articular end? | Condyle |
What is beaklike or crownlike process? | Coracoid or coronoid |
Describe Crest | Ridgelike process |
Describe Epicondyle | Projection above a condyle |
What has a small, smooth-surfaced articular process? | Facet |
What has a hook-shaped process? | Hamulus |
Describe Head | Expanded end of a long bone |
Describe Horn | Hornlike process |
What has linear elevation, not as prominent as a crest? | Line |
Describe Malleolus | Club-shaped process |
Describe Protuberance | Projecting prominence |
Describe Spine | Sharp process |
Describe Styloid | Long, pointed process |
Describe Trochanter | Either of the 2 large, rounded and elevated processes of the proximal femur |
Describe Tubercle | Small, rounded, and elevated process |
Tuberosity? | Large, rounded, and elevated process |
Fissure? | Cleft or deep groove |
Foramen? | Hole in a bone for transmission of vessels & nerves |
Fossa? | Pit, fovea, or hollow space |
Groove? | Shallow linear channel |
Meatus? | Tubelike passageway within bone |
Notch? | Indentation in the border of a bone |
Sinus? | Recess, groove, cavity, or hollow space |
Sulcus? | Furrow or trench |
What type of fracture does not break skin? | Closed |
Does an open fracture break through skin or not? | Does not break through skin |
Describe a nondisplaced fracture | Bone retains normal alignment |
A displaced fracture does what? | Fracture bones don't remain in anatomical position |
Closed, open, nondisplaced, and displaced describe what? | Types of bone fractures |
Can fractures fall into more than one category? | Yes |
Compression, compound (open), simple, greenstick, transverse, spiral or oblique, comminuted, and impacted are what? | Common classifications of fractures |
Which of the following is defined as a beaklike or crownlike process? A. Coronoid process; B. Condyle; C. Epicondyle; D. Malleolus | A. Coronoid process |
Which of the following is defined as a hole in a bone for transmission of blood vessels and nerves? A. Fissure; B. Groove; C. Sinus; D. Foramen | D. Foramen |