Anatomy & Physiology Bone Markings Flashcards

Also called processes- any bony prominence that grows out from a bone

Also called caviites- an area in the bone that has an indentation

Rounded articular projections

Bony expansion on the narrow neck of a bone

Smooth, nearly flat articular surface

Armlike bar of a bone

Narrow ridge of bone

Smaller than a crest; ridge like projection of bone

Raised area on or above a condyle

Small rounded projection

Large rounded or roughened projection

Very large blunt projection (only found on femur)

Canal or tube through a boney structure

Cavity within a bone; filled with air and lined with mucus membranes

Round oval opening

A shallow depression in a bone

Small bones in tendons where pressure develops (patella)

Extra bone pieces that occur at sutural points of the skull

Condition where the palatine process of the maxillary boned do not unite before birth.

Another name for the first cervical vertebra

Another name for the second cervical vertebra

A large hole at the base of the skull that allows for passage of the spinal cord

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