Musculoskeletal vocabulary terms

Articular process

A projection that contacts an adjacent bone

Articulation

The region where adjacent bones contact each other- a joint

Body (corpus)

The largest/principle part of a bone

Canal

A bony tunnel (tournament of some length), usually a passage for notable nerves or blood vessels

Cleft

A fissure in a bone

Condyle

A somewhat cylindrical articular eminence while an epicondyle is the non-articular projection in connection with it

Condyloid cavity

A deeper articular depression

Crest

A sharp ridge

Eminence

A relatively small projection or bump

Epicondyle

A non-articular projection in connection with or adjacent to condyle

Facet

A flat articular surface

Fissure

A narrow cleft in the bone

Fontanel

UnOssified region between skull bone

Foramen

A perforation for the transmission of vessels, nerves, etc.

Glenoid cavity

A shallow cup like articular depression

Head

A rounded articular enlargement at the end of the bone; it may be joined to the shaft by the neck

Labyrinth

A cavity within a bone

Lamina

A thin plate of bone

Linea

A very small line

Line

A faint elongated elevation where a crest is an elongated elevation

Manubrium

A flat handle-like projection

Meatus

A narrow passage

Plexuses

A network or a tangle of nerves

Process

A general term for prominence

Prominence

Variety of bony projections

Sinus

An air cavity within the bone lined by mucous membranes and communicates with the exterior of the bone

Spine

a Pointed projection

Suture

Articulation between cranial bones

Symphysis

A union in which two similar bones are firmly connected by cartilage

Trochanter

Very large non-articular prominence

Trochlea

A pulley like articular area

Tuberde

A small blunt projection which is more developed is called a tuberosity while a trochanter is the largest of these

Tuberosity

Large rounded uneven projection

Diaphysis

Relatively straight main body of a long bone, region of primary ossification; also known as the shaft

Epiphysis

The end region of a long bone; regions of a secondary ossification

Epiphyseal plate

Growth plate within the bone

Metaphysis

The region of a long bone lying between the epiphysis and the diaphysis

Neck

The region of bone between the head and the shaft