Bone Terms Quiz

Interlocking line of union between bones

• Condyle

• Suture

• Sinus

• Fossa

Very large blunt irregular shaped process for muscle attachment (only on femur)

• Fovea

• Head

• Crest

• Trochanter

Raised area on or above a condyle

• Linea

• Epicondyle

• Tuberosity

• Foramen

Any prominent projection on a bone

• Process

• Fissure

• Spine

• Fontanel

Tiny pit or depression

• Sulcus

• Facet

• Meatus

• Fovea

Narrow slit like opening (cleft) for blood vessels and nerves

• Ramus

• Fontanel

• Fissure

• Process

Basin like depression, often serves as articular surface

• Tuberosity

• Linea

• Foramen

• Fossa

Soft spot in skull where membranes cover spot between bones

• Fontanel

• Fossa

• Fissure

• Suture

Canal like passageway within a bone

• Facet

• Ramus

• Meatus

• Sulcus

Relatively flat branch of bone

• Head

• Tubercle

• Ramus

• Facet