Bone markings-
a sharp, slender process

spine

small rounded projection

tubercle

large rounded projection

tuberosity

structure supported on neck

head

armlike projection

ramus

rounded, convex projection

condyle

canal-like structure

meatus

round or oval opening through a bone

foramen

shallow depression

fossa

air-filled cavity

sinus

large, irregularly shaped projection

trochanter

what is made mostly of compact bone?

diaphysis

site of blood cell formation

red marrow

fibrous membrane that covers the bone

periosteum

scientific term for bone ends

epiphysis

contains fat in adult bones

yellow marrow

growth plate remnant

epiphyseal line

excercise 8- lumbar column curvatures

cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx

which curvatures are primary?

thoracic, sacrum (includes coccyx)

which are secondary?

cervical and lumbar

what is another name for the abnormal spinal curvature- kyphosis?

dowager's hump

what are the other two abnormal curvatures?

scoliosis an lordosis