 | Term | Definition |
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crest |
a narrow ridge, usually prominent |
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epicondoyle |
a raised area on or above a condyle |
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line |
a narrow ridge of bone; less prominent that a crest |
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process |
a bony prominence |
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spine |
a sharp, slender, often pointed projection |
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trochanter |
a large, blunt, often irregularly shaped process (only examples are on the femur) |
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tubercle |
a small rounded projection or process |
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tuberosity |
a large rounded projection, may be roughened |
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condyle |
a rounded articular projection |
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head |
bony expansion carried on a narrow neck |
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facet |
smooth, nearly flat articular surface |
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ramus |
armlike bar of bone |
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meatus |
canal-like passageway |
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sinus |
cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane |
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fossa |
shallow, basinlike depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface |
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groove |
furrow |
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fissure |
narrow, slitlike opening |
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foramen |
round or oval opening through a bone |
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long bone |
a bone that is longer than it is wide; comprises a shaft and two ends (includes all limb bones save the patella and certain wrist and ankle bones) |
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short bone |
a bone that is roughly cube shaped (eg wrist and ankle bones) |
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flat bone |
bones that are thin and flattened, and usually somewhat curved (eg the sternum, scapulae, ribs, and most skull bones) |
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irregular bone |
a bone that has a complex shape that doesn't fit into the other categories of bone (eg vertebrae and hips) |
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