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bone terms
bones and terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Condyle | rounded bump, usually fits into a fossa on another bone to form a joint |
| Crest | raised ridge, generally a site for muscle attachment |
| Epicondyle | bump near condyle, gives appearance of a bump on a bump, for muscle attachment |
| Facet | flat surfaces that form a joint with another facet or flat bone |
| Fissure | crack like hole for blood vessels or nerves |
| Foramen | rounded hole for blood vessels or nerves |
| Fossa | depression, receives and articulating bone |
| Line | similar to a crest, not raised as much |
| Margin | edge of a flat bone |
| Meatus | tube like opening or channel |
| Notch | V-like depression in the margin or edge of a flat area |
| Process | raised area of projection |
| Ramus | curved portion of a bone |
| Spine | similar to a crest but raised more |
| Sulcus | groove or elongated depression |
| Trochanter | large bump for muscle attachment |
| Tuberosity | oblong, raised bump, for muscle attachment |
| 3 classifications of bony articulations? | synarthrotic, amphiarthrotic, diarthrotic |
| sutures of the cranium are examples of what type of articulation? | synarthrotic |
| intervertebral jts and symphysis pubis are what of articulations? | amphiarthrotic |
| type of diarthrotic jt that allows slight movement, ex: intercapal or tarsal jts | gliding |
| type of jt that allows for flexion and extension, ex: elbow, knee, ankle | hinge |
| type of jt that allows for rotation, ex: atlas and axis | pivot |
| type of jt that allows for flexion/extension & abduction/adduction, ex: radiocarpal jt of wrist & metocarpalphalangeal jts | ellipsoid |
| the 1st metocarpal jt is an example of what type of jt? | saddle |
| two types of bone tissue? | cancellous & compact |
| tough fibrous connective tissue that covers bony surfaces? | periosteum |
| central cavity of long bones that contain trabeculae? | medullary cavity |
| how many bones in the body? | 206 |
| how many axial bones in the body? | 80 |
| how many appendicular bones in the body? | 126 |
| what vertebral level is the mastoid process? | C1 |
| what vertebral level is the ubmilicus? | L3-4 |
| what vertebral level are the kidneys? | T12-L3 |
| what vertebral level is the thyroid? | C5 |
| what vertebral level is the vertebral prominens? | C7 |
| what vertebral level is the xiphoid tip? | T10 |
| what vertebral level are the sternal angles? | T4 |
| what vertebral level are the iliac crests? | L4 |
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