APPENDIX ¥-1: GLOSSARY OF OSTEOLOGICAL TERMINOLOGY

Elevations and Projections

auricular ‑ ear shaped boss ‑ bump or protuberance

facet ‑ smooth area often covered crest ‑ sharp edge

with articular hyaline cartilage hamulus ‑ hook‑like projection

lamina ‑ thin plate line ‑ low, narrow ridge

spine ‑ elongated projection process ‑ localized projection

squamous ‑ thin, flat, scale‑like trochanter ‑ large., rounded elevation

trochlea ‑ pulley‑shaped surface tubercle ‑ small, rounded elevation

tuberosity ‑ large rounded elevation glenoid ‑ socket‑like

condyle ‑ rounded elevation capitulum ‑ small rounded articular end

lip ‑ margin of groove, crest, line head ‑ large, rounded & stalked condyle

apophysis ‑ prominence formed on bone promontary ‑ any projecting part

ridge ‑ rough, narrow elevation capitate ‑ head

Holes and Depressions

canal ‑ bony tunnel foreman ‑ hole

fissure ‑ narrow slit fossa ‑ wide depression

groove ‑ uncovered passage notch ‑ large groove

meatus ‑ narrow passage sulcus ‑ groove or furrow

cavity ‑ open enclosed area fovea ‑ pit or cup‑like depression

incisure ‑ knotch sinus ‑ mucus membrane‑lined cavity

Prefixes

supra ‑ above demi ‑ half epi ‑ above infra ‑ below

inter ‑ between intra ‑ within sub ‑ below

Descriptive

anterior ‑ towards the front posterior ‑ towards the back

dorsal ‑ at the back ventral ‑ at the front

distal ‑ away from the truck proximal ‑ towards the trunk

lateral ‑ towards the sides medial ‑ toward the midline

external ‑ outside internal ‑ inside

inferior ‑ below superior ‑ above

costal ‑ associated with the ribs vertex ‑ top or highest point

cranial ‑ towards the head superficial ‑ near the surface

ala ‑ wing‑like styloid ‑ needle‑like

conoid ‑ cone shaped coronoid ‑ crows‑beak shaped

diploy ‑ lattice‑like structure corpus ‑ body

axillary ‑ towards the armpit plantar ‑ sole of the foot

carpus ‑ wrist cervical ‑ neck

chondral ‑ assoc. w/ cartilage concha ‑ shell shaped

Teeth Terms

buccal/labial ‑ adjacent to the libs/cheek lingual/palatal ‑ next to the tongue

cusps ‑ rounded projections mesial ‑ towards front/midline mouth

occlusal ‑ biting edge dens ‑ teeth