LESSON 3

Process

• Any eminence or prominence that is general term

• articular

Facet

• articular surface of small bone and usually they are flat

Head

• rounded enlargement of the end of bone and it may be connected main shaft or neck body of bone

Condyle

• articular eminence and it is commonly cylindrical

• Epicondyle is the other side

Tuberosity

• A round a non articular projection

• usually found in big animals

Tubercle

• a small rounded non article

Trochanter

non articular and it’s counterpart is femur

Spine

• pointed non articular projection

Line

• it is a small ridge

Crest

• prominent sharp ridge

Trochlea

• It called the pully life mass

Glenoid

• shallow articular depression

• Articulate in head of humerus

Cotyloid

• deeper articular depression

• Acetabulum

Fovea

• small articular depression

• Head of femur

Fossa

• it is the attachment of muscle

Groove

• a long non articular depression

sulcus

Gyri are always present

Impression

• a depression of mechanical

• usually it’s located in the gap between two teeth

Foramen

• a short and usually small hole

Canal

• a longer opening or perforation

Fissure

• large opening

Natch

• constrictive and connecting process of the body or vertebral part

Bulla/ bullae

• hollow bone structures

• It’s cavity and filled up with air

Jugum

• Connecting projections or connecting ridge

• dorsal, ventral, anterior, posterior, rostral, cephalic

What are the topographical term for head & body (trunk parts)

• proximal

• distal

• medial

• lateral

What are the topographical term for limbs (extremities)

• superior

• Inferior

What are the topographical term for internal organs

• superficial/ cortical

• deep/ medullary

What are the topographical term for solid organs (non hollow organs w/o cavity)

• Palmar

• plantar

• volar

What are the topographical term for manus and pes

• labial

• lingual

• occlusal

What are the topographical term for surfaces of teeth