Skeletal system-axial system

body

body

main part

head

enlarged, often rounded end

neck

constriction between head and body

margin or border

edge

angle

bend

ramus

branch off the body beyond the angle

condyle

smooth, rounded articular surface

facet

small, flattened articular surface

line or linae (ridges)

low ridge

crest or cristae (ridges)

prominent ridge

spine (ridges)

very high ridge

process (projections)

prominent projection

tubercle (projections)

small, rounded projection

tuberosity or tuber (projections)

rounded projection; larger than a tubercle

epicondyle (projections)

upon a condyle

lingula (projections)

flat, tongue-shaped process

hamulus (projections)

hook-shaped process

cornu (projections)

horn-shaped process

foramen (openings)

hole

canal or meatus (openings)

tunnel

fissure (openings)

cleft

sinus or labyrinth (openings)

cavity

fossa (depressions)

general term for a depression

notch (depressions)

depression in the margin of a bone

fovea (depressions)

little pit

groove or sulcus (depressions)

deep, narrow depression

supraorbital margin (frontal)

supraorbital foramen (frontal)

mastoid process (temporal)

styloid process (temporal)

mandibular fossa (temporal)

articular tubercle (temporal)

petrous portion (temporal)

squamous portion (temporal)

mastoid process (temporal)

mastoid foramen (temporal)

stylomastoid foramen (temporal)

zygomatic process (temporal)

external auditory meatus (temporal)

parietal

occipital protuberance

occipital condyles

superior/inferior nuchal lines (occipital)

great and lesser wings (sphenoid)

sphenoid sinus

pterygoid process (sphenoid)

sella turcica (pituitary fossa) (sphenoid)

chiasmatic groove (sulcus) (sphenoid)

lateral pterygoid plate (sphenoid)

medial pterygoid plate (sphenoid)

cribiform plate (ethmoid)

crista galli (ethmoid)

olfactory foramina (ethmoid)

ethmoid sinuses (cells)

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superior nasal conchae (ethmoid)

middle nasal conchae (ethmoid)

lacrimal

zygomatic arch

palatine

vomer

nasal

incisive fossa (maxilla)

infraorbital foramen (maxilla)

ramus (mandible)

body (mandible)

angle (mandible)

mental protuberance (mental)

mental foramen (mandible)

mandibular notch

mandibular foramen

condyloid process (mandible)

coronoid proceess (mandible)

hyoid

incisors (teeth)

canines (teeth)

molars (teeth)

sagital (sutures)

lamboid (sutures)

squamous (sutures)

coronal (sutures)

occipitalmastoid (sutures)

temporal process of zygomatic

alveolar processes

carotid (foramen)

optic (foramen)

ovale (foramen)

jugular (foramen)

internal acoustic meatus (foramen)

external acoustic meatus (foramen)

magnum (foramen)

spinosum (foramen)

lacerum (foramen)

rotundum (foramen)

lacrimal (foramen)

hypoglossal (foramen)

atlas c1 (vertebral column)

axis c2 and dens (vertebral column)

cervial, thoracic, lumbar vertebrae (vertebral column)

superior articular surface (vertebral column)

inferior articular surface (vertebral column)