Week 7 - Axial - Skeletal System: Skeletal Features

Vocabulary review of anatomical skeletal features and their anatomical descriptions from Week 7 - Axial - Skeletal System.

Condyle

Smooth, rounded articular surface

Facet

Small, flattened articular surface

Crest

Prominent ridge

Process

Prominent projection

Tubercle or Tuberosity

Knob or enlargement

Trochanter

Large tuberosity

Epicondyle

Enlargement above/near the condyle

Body/Shaft

Main portion

Head

Enlarged often rounded end

Neck

Constricted area between body and neck

Foramen

Hole

Canal or Meatus

Tunnel

Fissure

Cleft

Sinus

Cavity

Fossa

Depression