A&P axial and Appendicular skeleton

sinus

chamber within a bone, normally filled w/ air (openings)

foramen

rounded passageway for blood vessels and/or nerves (openings)

meatus

Deep furrow, cleft, or slit (openings)

canal

Passage or channel, especially the opening of a channel (openings)

process

projection or bump

ramus

part of a bone that forms an angle w/ rest of structure (projection)

sulcus

narrow groove (depressions)

fossa

shallow depression

trochanter

large and rough projections

(proj. where muscles, tendons, or ligaments attach)

crest

prominent ridge

(proj. where muscles, tendons, or ligaments attach)

spine

Pointed process
(proj. where muscles, tendons, or ligaments attach)

line

Low Ridge

(proj. where muscles, tendons, or ligaments attach)

tubercle

small, rounded projection

(proj. where muscles, tendons, or ligaments attach)

tuberosity

rough projection

(proj. where muscles, tendons, or ligaments attach)

head

expanded articular end of an epiphysis, often separated from the shaft by a narrower neck

neck

narrow connection between the epiphysis and diaphysis

facet

small, flat articular surface

condyle

smooth, rounded articular process

trochlea

smooth, grooved articular process shaped like a pulley

acromion

coracoid process

glenoid cavity

supraspinous fossa

infraspinous fossa

greater tubercle

Intertubercular groove

lesser tubercle

intertubercular groove

proximal deltoid tuberosity

lateral radial groove

olecranon fossa

trochlea

medial epicondyle

lateral epicondyle

capitulum

coronoid fossa

tibia

weight baring legbone

os coxa

hip bone made of Ilium, Ischium, and Pubis

pubis

ischium

ilium

female vs. male pelvis

females:

lighter, thinner bones
pubic arch > 90 degrees
pelvic outlet is larger
obturator foramen are smaller, further apart