Holes and Spaces
What do you call a hole in bone?
Process
A sharp, slender projection from a bone
shape
What do you call a hole in bone; plural
Foramina
A flat space or shallow depression in bone
Fossa
Tubercle
(stake or pole) A long, narrow projection from the bone, sometimes like a tooth
The shaft is called
diaphysis
What is a tube like opening (i.e. ear canal)
Meatus
A smooth flat spot on a bone
Facet
A large projection only on the femur
Trochanter
A raised portion on/above a condyle
epicondyle
Where can you find the epiphyses (singular: epiphysis) on the long bones
Proximal and Distal end
What is a slit between bones though which things like blood vessels or nerves can pass?
A fissure
A groove along a bone, where a blood vessel, nerve or tendon runs alongside the bone.
Sulcus
Crest
A large rounded protuberance on the end of the bone, it forms a joint with another bone
Condyle
Within the diaphysis is a cavity called what
medullary cavity
What is also a tube (i.e. Optic canal)
Canal
What is the science of bones?
Osteology
A narrow ridge or border on a bone
Line
A part of a bone that forms an angle with the rest of the bone
Ramus (ramus=branch)
When the bone is still growing in length, the junction between the epiphysis and diaphysis – called what
Epiphyseal growth plate