Bone terminology

Bone terminology

By Coach Wilson

Soft spots of cartilage in an infant's skull

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​Some text here about the topic of discussion.

​Fontanels

Multiple Choice

What bone term is the yellowish areas on these skulls?

• foramen

• Fossas

• Fontanels

• Meatus's

Multiple Choice

Which of these bones would have a crest?

• spine

• patella

• pubis

• ilium

Multiple Choice

The rounded areas on the end of this bone are called

• fossas

• condyles

• spines

• trochanters

Multiple Choice

What connects bone to bone?

• Tendons

• Cartilage

• Ligaments

• sesamoids

Multiple Choice

Your ear canal is a sinus.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Your patella is a sesamoid bone.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

What is a natural indentation in a bone called?

• foramen

• fossa

• fontanel

• fracture

Multiple Choice

This is an ankle strain.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

A trochanter is larger than tubercle.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

The area highlighted in green is a

• tuberosity

• trochanter

• process

• crest

Multiple Choice

Where do fontanels occur?

• Skulls of teens

• Vertebra of adults

• skull of infants

• vertebra of infants

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Just a little more medial than the what structure would that be..

• trochanter

• sinus

• fossa

• condyle

Multiple Choice

The scapula has a spine.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Some facial and cranial bones have sinuses.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

The hole on the mandible labeled with the arrow is too small to be a foramen.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The hyoid bone labeled is a sesamoid bone.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

The olecranon has a _______________on its posterior surface.

• fossa

• trochanter

• process

• tubercle.

Multiple Choice

The largest hole seen on this inferior skull is a or an

• fossa

• fontanel

• foramen

• anchor

Multiple Choice

Where on the body would you find neck?

• ilim

• humerus

• pollex

• phalynx

Multiple Choice

What fossa is this?

• scaphoid

• olecranon

• glenoid

• foramina

Multiple Choice

What is an empty space within a bone?

• meatus

• sesamoid

• spine

• sinus

Multiple Choice

what bone term is highlighted on red?

• acromion

• spine

• trochanter

• fossa

Multiple Choice

What bone term is highlighted in red?

• trochanter

• fossa

• process

• meatus

Multiple Choice

what are the "knuckle" shaped structures on the femur?

• necks

• crests

• spines

• condyles

Multiple Choice

What bone term is the arrow pointing to?

• head

• tuberosisty

• neck

• leg

Multiple Choice

What bone term is highlighted in green?

• trochanter

• foramen

• tubercle

• crest

Multiple Choice

What strong is found at the ends of bones and between the femur and tibia?

• ligaments

• tendons

• fontanels

• cartilage