Lab 3

• Canal: tubular passage or channel which connects different regions of the body

  ■      Ex. Cranial region, alveolar canals
• Condyle: provides structural support and absorbs most of the force exterted by the joint

  ■      Ex. Left tibia
• Facet: smooth and flast surface that helps form a gliding joint

  ■      Ex. L01 and L02 vertebra
• Fissure: A slit in the bone that usually houses nerves and blood vessels

  ■      Ex. Right maxilla
• Foramen: round hole where blood vessels, nerves or ligaments pass through

  ■      Ex. Right sygomatic bone, soheniod or occipital
• Fossa: a shallow depression in a bone’s surface that allos other bones to articulate with it

  Ex. Left humerus
• Trochanter: a large prominence on the side of the bone

  ■      Ex. femur
• Tuberosity: a moderate projection that allows connective tissues to connect to the bine

  ■      Ex. Right 5th metatarsal, right ischium, left radium
• Tubercle: small round projection that allos connective tissues to connect to the bone

  ■      Ex. C03 vertebra, mandible, left 5th rib
• Head: Round surface of a bone that helps form a joint

  ■      Ex. Right talus
• Epicondyle: rounded projection that sits on top of the condyle and allows connective tissues to connect to the bone

  ■      Ex. Left humerus, left femur
• Spine: (spinous process) a more pronounces raised, sharp elevation of bone that allows connective tissues and muscles to connect to the bone

  ■      Ex. T01 vertebra, L03 vertebra, right scapula
• Crest: raised ridge projection that is part of the endge of a bone and allows connective tissue to connect to the bone

  ■      Ex. Left ilium, left pubis, frontal bone
• Notch: depression in a bone that provides stabilization to an adjacent articulating bone

  ■      Ex. ulna