'Dem Bones
This is the largest sesamoid bone in the body
What is the patella?
This tissue is made up of osteons
What is dense/hard or cortical bone?
The functional classification for joints with a fibrocartilage pad
What is an amphiarthrosis?
The anatomic term for a hole or large opening in a bone
What is a foramen?
The round projection we sit on
What is the ischial tuberosity?
The bones in the appendages are classified as this
What is a long bone?
This tissue fills the medullary cavity
What is yellow marrow or fat/adipose?
The structural classification for the joints between bones in the skull
What are fibrous joints?
A fossa is this type of landmark
What is a shallow dish-like depression?
The large projection off the temporal bone that can be palpated behind our ears
What is the mastoid process?
These two cranial bones from the most superior portion of the skull
What are the parietal bones?
"Cancellous" is the anatomic name for this type of bone tissue
What is spongy bone?
The radioulnar joint is an example of this type of synovial joint
What is a pivot joint?
A tubercle is a smaller version of this
What is a tuberosity?
The palpable proximal end of the fifth metatarsal
What is the base?
These three cube-shaped bones in the foot are anterior and lateral to the talus
What are the cuneiforms?
These form the osseous bridges or lattice work throughout the spongy bone
What are trabeculae?
This type of synovial joint is capable of all movements plus circumduction
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
A sharp line along the edge of a bone
What is a crest or ridge?
The roughened ridge that runs the length of the posterior femur
What is the linea aspera?
This is the only moveable bone in the skull
What is the mandible?
The anatomic name for dense or hard bone
What is cortical bone?
The anatomic name of the only saddle joint in the skeleton
What is the first carpometacarpal joint?
The anatomic term for a small pit or depression
What is a fovea?
The posterior-medial bump on the proximal shaft of the femur
What is the medial femoral epicondyle?