Depressions and Openings

Anatomy class 1

7 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

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Fissure
Cleft like opening between adjacent parts of bones through which blood vessels and nerves pass
Foramen
Hole through which blood vessels,nerves,ligaments can pass
Fossa
Depression in/on a bone generally at a joint
Process
Prominent projection or point of attachment
Question 5
Meatus
A tunnel passageway through a bone
Question 6
Sulcus
A groove or depression that accommodates a soft structure such as vessels,nerve,tendon
Sinus
A cavity with in a bone with a narrow opening