Skeletal system words

Alveolus

small cavity used to define a tooth socket

canal

a tubular channel through a bone

Crest

a bony ridge

condyle

an articular eminence

Facet

a smooth, flat or nearly flat articular surface

Foramen

A hole through a bone, usually where a canal ends.

Fossa

a shallow depression

fissure

a narrow cleft-like passage

Line

a slight ridge

Linea

a line, marked by either a low crest or a depression

Head

A large, rounded articular end of a bone, often set off from the shaft by a neck

Meatus

A big hole or passage in a bone, usually the outside opening of a canal.

Process

a bony projection

Sinus

air space in the bone

Spine

a sharp process

sulcus

a groove or furrow

Suture

a line or junction of neighboring bones

Trochanter

A big, rough bump on the top of the thigh bone (femur) where muscles attach

Trochlea

a pully shaped structure

Tubercle

A small, rounded bump on a bone where muscles or ligaments attach.

Tuberosity

a large, often rough eminence (used with tubercle)