general terminology for bone markings (prelab5)

process (elevation/projection)

any projection or bump (mastoid process)

ramus (elevation/projection)

branch or arm coming off a bone (ramus of mandible)

trochanter (attachment)

large, rough projection (greater trochanter)

tuberosity (attachment)

rough, rounded projection (greater tuberosity)

tubercle (attachment)

small rounded projection (lesser tuberosity)

crest (attachment)

really prominent ridge (intertrochanteric crest)

line (attachment)

low ridge (intertrochanteric line)

spine (attachment)

pointed process (anterior superior illiac spine)

head (articulation)

expanded articular end of an epiphysis (femoral head)

neck (articulation)

narrow connection between epiphyses and diaphysis (femoral neck)

condyle (articulation)

smooth, rounded articulate process (occipital condyle)

trochlea (articulation)

smooth, grooved articular process (trochlea of humerus)
-pulley shaped

facet (articulation)

small, flat articulate surface (superior articular facet)

fossa (depression)

very shallow depression (mandibular fossa)

sulcus (depression)

narrow groove (intertubercular sulcus or bicipital grrove)

foramen (opening)

rounded passageway for blood vessels and nerves (jugular foramen)

fissure (opening)

elongated cleft (superior orbital fissure)

meatus/canal (opening)

passageway through the bone (carotid canal)

sinus (opening)

chamber within the bone that can be filled with air (maxillary sinus)