Bone Markings: Depressions & Openings

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fissure

a cleft or deep groove

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foramen

an opening through a bone; usually serves as a passageway for nerves, blood vessels, and ligaments

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fossa

a depression or groove (pit, fovea, hollow) space

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fovea

a small pit or depression

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meatus

a tunnel or tube-like passageway running within a bone

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groove

a shallow linear channel

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notch

an indentation into the border of a bone

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fistula

a suppurating channel in soft tissues

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sinus

a recess, groove, cavity, or hollow space used to designate a channel for venous blood on inner surface of cranium; an air cavity in bone or a hollow space in other tissue

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sulcus

a furrow, trench, or fissure-like depression