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Bone marking words
BY-111-50
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| narrow, cleft-like opening between adjacent bones through which blood vessels or nerves pass | fissure |
| space between the skull bones at birth, filled with dense fibrous connective tissue | fontanel |
| opening through which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass | foramen |
| depression in/on a bone | fossa |
| groove that accommodates a soft structure such a blood vessel, nerve, or tendon | sulcus |
| tube like passageway within a bone | meatus |
| air-filled cavity within a bone that connects to the nasal cavity | paranasal sinus |
| large, rounded articular prominence | condyle |
| smooth, flat surface (a snap) | facet |
| rounded articular projection supported on the constricted portion (neck) of a bone | head |
| prominent border or ridge | crest |
| prominence above a condyle | epicondyle |
| less prominent ridge than a crest | linea (line) |
| sharp, slender process | spinous process |
| very large projection found only in the femur | trochanter |
| small, rounded process | tubercle |
| large, rounded usually roughened process | tuberosity |