Bone markings
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What is a projection(processes) bone marking
serve as sites of muscle attachment or help form joints
What is a depressions(cavities, indentations, or openings) bone marking
conduits for nerve and blood vessels
What is a tuberosity
Large rounded projection; can be roughened (Site of muscle and ligament attachment)
What is a crest
Narrow ridge of bone usually prominent (Site of muscle and ligament attachment)
What is a trochanter
Large, blunt, irregularly shaped process ONLY ON THE FEMUR (Site of muscle and ligament attachment)
What is a line
Narrow ridge of bone: less prominent than a crest (Site of muscle and ligament attachment)
What is a tubercle
Small rounded projection or process (Site of muscle and ligament attachment)
What is an epicondyle
Raised area on or above a condyle (Site of muscle and ligament attachment)
What is a spine
Sharp, slender, often pointed projection (Site of muscle and ligament attachment)
What is a process
Any bony prominence (Site of muscle and ligament attachment)
What is a head
Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck (Help form joints)
What is a facet
Smooth, nearly flat articular surface (Help form joints)
What is a condyle
Rounded articular projection (Help form joints)
What is a ramus
Armlike bar of bone (Help form joints)
What is a meatus
Canal-like passageway (Depressions and openings allowing blood vessels and nerves to pass)
What is a sinus
Cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane (Depressions and openings allowing blood vessels and nerves to pass)
What is a fossa
Shallow, basin like depression in a bone, often articular surface (Depressions and openings allowing blood vessels and nerves to pass)
What is a groove
Furrow for something to run along (Depressions and openings allowing blood vessels and nerves to pass)
What is a fissure
narrow, slit like opening (Depressions and openings allowing blood vessels and nerves to pass)
What is a foramen
Round or oval opening through a bone (Depressions and openings allowing blood vessels and nerves to pass)