PARTS OF BONES

ALA

a winglike structure

APOPHYSIS

a prominence formed directly upon a bone

CANAL

narrow passage or channel

CAPITULUM

a small, rounded articular end of a bone

CONDYLE

a rounded projection on a bone usually for articulation with another bone

CONOID

cone shaped

CORONOID

shaped like a crow's beak

CREST

a sharp border or ridge

DENS

a tooth

DIAPHYSIS

the shaft of a bone

DIPLOE

latticelike bone, e.g., tissue between the tables of the skull

EPICONDYLE

above a condyle

EPIPHYSIS

the extremity of a bone expanded for articulation

FACET

small, smooth area on a bone

FORAMEN

a hole

FOSSA

a depression

FOVEA

a pit or cuplike depression

GLENOID

having the appearance of a socket

HEAD

a rounded, smooth eminence for articulation

INCISURE

a notch

LIP

margin of a groove, crest, or line

METAPHYSIS

a line of junction between epiphysis and diaphysis

PIT

a tiny hole or pocket

PROCESS

any kind of projection

PROMONTORY

a projecting part

RIDGE

a rough, narrow elevation extending some distance

SINUS

a bone cavity lined with mucous membrane

SPINE

a sharp prominence

STRIA

a line

STYLOID

resembling a stylus

SULCUS

a groove

SUTURE

form of articulation found only in the skull

TROCHANTER

a large prominence for attachment of rotator muscles

TROCHLEA

a pulley

TUBERCLE

a small tuberosity

TUBEROSITY

a rounded eminence