STATION 4: BONE MARKINGS

WHAT IS A CONDYLE?

• rounded articular projection.

WHAT IS A CREST?

• narrow ridge of bone: usually prominent.

WHAT IS A FACET?

• smooth nearly flat articular surface.

WHAT IS A FISSURE?

• narrow slit-like opening

WHAT IS A FORAMEN?

oval opening through a bone

WHAT IS A FOSSA?

shallow depression in a bone,

WHAT IS A GROOVE?

a furrow.

WHAT IS A HEAD (BONE MARKING)?

a bony expansion carried on a narrow neck.

WHAT IS A LINE (BONE MARKING)?

narrow ridge of bone / less prominent than a crest.

WHAT IS A MEATUS?

canal-like passageway.

WHAT IS A NOTCH?

indentation at the edge of a structure.

WHAT IS A PROCESS?

any bony prominence.

WHAT IS A RAMUS?

arm-like bar of bone.

WHAT IS A SINUS?

bone cavity, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane

WHAT IS A SPINE?

a sharp, slender, often pointed projection.

WHAT IS A TROCHANTER?

very large,

blunt,

irregularly shaped process (only seen in the femur).

WHAT IS A TUBERCLE?

a small rounded projection or process.

WHAT IS A TUBEROSITY?

a large rounded projection.

WHAT IS AN EPICONDYLE?

a raised area on or above a condyle.

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A TROCHANTER CAN BE FOUND

greater trochanter of femur

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A LINE (BONE MARKING) CAN BE FOUND

linea aspera of femur

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A CONDYLE CAN BE FOUND

The Lateral and Medial condyles of femur

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A EPICONDYLE CAN BE FOUND

epicondyles of femur

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A HEAD (BONE MARKING) CAN BE FOUND

head of femur

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A RAMUS CAN BE FOUND

mandible ramus

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A SPINE CAN BE FOUND

The Spinous process is the medial/ posterior projection of the arch.

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A NOTCH CAN BE FOUND

the Suprascapular notch, which allows nerves and blood vessels to pass.

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A CREST CAN BE FOUND

The Iliac crests are the superior margins of the Iliac bone.

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A FACET CAN BE FOUND

superior articular facets of vertrabrae

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A TUBERCLE CAN BE FOUND

the Greater tubercle of humerus

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A FISSURE CAN BE FOUND

The Superior Orbital Fissures are jagged openings that allow passage of cranial nerves III, IV, V and VI into orbit to serve eye.

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A MEATUS CAN BE FOUND

The External Acoustic Meatus is a canal leading to the eardrum and middle ear.

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A SINUS CAN BE FOUND

The maxillary, sphenoid, ethmoid, and frontal bones contain sinuses.

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A FOSSA CAN BE FOUND

The Mandibular fossa

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A GROOVE CAN BE FOUND

Intertubercular groove of humuerus

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A PROCESS CAN BE FOUND

The Zygomatic process forms the cheekbone.

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A FORAMEN CAN BE FOUND

The Foramen Magnum is the large opening for the spinal cord.

GIVE ONE AREA OR BONE WHERE A TUBEROSITY CAN BE FOUND

The greater tuberosity of humuerus