bone marked areas (terminology)

What is a fossa?

Depressed or hollow area of the bone (like a valley) e.g. scapula

What is a foramen?

A passage through a bone (think like a ferry man going though a cave)

Fovea

Small cup or pit like depression in the bone

Groove (sulcus)

Elongated depression

Canal

Tubular passage or channel that connects different regions

Condyle

rounded articular area

Epicondyle

An eminence above the condyle

Eminence

A raised area or bump on the bone

Crest

Ridge of the bone

Tuberosity

Large rounded elevation

Tubercule - small raised eminence

small raised eminence

Protuberance

Projection of the bone

Proeminence

A point in the body where the bone is immediately below the skin surface

Spinous process

Spine like projection

Trochanter

Large blunt elevation

Malleolos

Large blunt elevation

Facet

Smooth, flat area usually covered by the cartilage where a bone articulates with another bone

Notch

Indentation area at the ridge of a bone

Hiatus

Gap or opening through any anatomical part or organ

Articulation (Articular surface)

An area where two bones are attached for the purpose of motion of body parts.)