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openings
Slit between two bones through which nerves or blood vessels pass.
- Fissuree.g. superior orbital fissure of the sphenoid bone
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openings
Hole within a bone through which nerves or blood vessels pass
- Foramen
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openings
Tubelike passageway within a bone
- Meatus
- Example: auditory meatus of the temporal bone
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openings
Cavity within a bone
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Depression
Simple depression or hollowing in or on a bone
- Fossa
- e.g. mandibular fossa of the temporal bone
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Depression
Groove that may contain a blood vessel, nerve, or tendon
- Sulcus
- e.g.: malleolar sulcus of the tibia
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Joint Processes
Large, convex protrusion at the end of a bone
- Condyle
- e.g. medial or lateral condyles of the femur.
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Joint Processes
Round protrusion separated from the rest of a bone by a neck.
- Head
- e.g.: head of the femur
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Joint Processes
Flat, smooth surface
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(Processes for attaching Ligaments, Tendons or Muscles)
Prominent ridge on a bone
- Crest
- e.g. iliac crest of the coxal bone
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(Processes for attaching Ligaments, Tendons or Muscles)
Second protrusion above a condyle
- Epicondyle
- e.g. lateral epicondyles of the femur.
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(Processes for attaching Ligaments, Tendons or Muscles)
Less prominent ridge on a bone
- Line
- e.g. linea aspera of the femur
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(Processes for attaching Ligaments, Tendons or Muscles)
Small, round protrution
- Tubercle
- e.g. greater tubercle of the humerus
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(Processes for attaching Ligaments, Tendons or Muscles)
Large, round, and usually roughened protrution
- Tuberosity
- e.g. ischial tuberosity of the coxal bone
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(Processes for attaching Ligaments, Tendons or Muscles)
Large protrusion
- Trochanter
- e.g. greater trochanter of the femur
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The bones of the upper and lower appendages comprise the ....
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The movement of the bones is controlled by the body's ....
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The number of bones in the axial skeleton is ...
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The number of bones in the cranium is ...
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The cranial bones are fused together at immovable joints known as....
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The forehead and anterior roof of the cranium is formed by the ...
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The posterior cranial floor is formed by the...
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The occipital bone contains a large hole for passage of the spinal cord known as the...
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The bones that form the side walls of the cranium are called the ...
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The mastoid process is a rounded process of the ...
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The projection of the temporal bone that helps form the cheekbone is the ...
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The cranial bone that has the shape of a butterfly and forms the anterior internal floor of the cranium is the ...
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The two thin perforated horizontal plates of bone in the ethmoid bone form the ....
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The pituitary gland lies in a saddle-shapped depression of the sphenoid bone known as the ...
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Membranous areas in the skull bones present in the newborn are known as ...
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The nasal cavity is devided into left and right chambers by a vertical partition called the ...
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Each zygomatic bone has a projection that helps fom the cheek-bone and is known as the ...
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The smallest facial bones are the ...
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The upper jaw is formed by two bones called ...
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The lower jaw bone is shaped as a horseshoe and is called the ...
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The vertebral column is composed of 26 bones known as ...
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The five sacral vertebrae fuse to one another to form the ...
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The vertebrae of the neck are known as...
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The unfused vertebrae of the vertebral column are separated from one another by ...
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The abnormal sideways curve of the spinal column is known as ...
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The weight-bearing cylinder of the vertebral bone that is found between the disks is the....
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The spinal cord extends through the vertebral column by passing through opening in the vertebrae known as ....
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The first vertebrae of the vertebral column is called the ...
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The process of the axis that projects upward into the ring of the first vertebrae is the ...
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The tree recognizable parts of the sternum are the manubrium, the body, and the ...
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