Anatomical Terms - Processes, Depressions, and Projections

Vocabulary flashcards covering basic anatomical terminology for bone markings including process, depression, and projection.

Process

A prominence or a projection, as of bone; for names of specific anatomical structures.

Depression

Hollow or depressed areas.

Projection

Act of extending or jutting out or a part that juts out.

Condyle

Rounded process at an articular extremity.

Coracoid or coronoid

Beak-like or crown-like process

Crest

Ridge-like process

Facet

A small, smooth-surfaced process for articulation with another structure

Hamulus

Hook-shaped process

Head

The expanded end of a long bone.

Horn

Horn-like process of a bone

Line

Less prominent ridge than a crest; a linear elevation

Malleolus

Club-shaped process

Spine

Sharp process

Styloid

Long, pointed process

Trochanter

Either of two, large, rounded and elevated processes (greater or major and lesser or minor) located at junction of neck and shaft of femur

Tubercle

Small, rounded, and elevated process

Tuberosity

Large, rounded and elevated process

Epicondyle

Projection above a condyle

Protuberance

Projecting part or prominence

Fissure

Cleft or deep groove

Foramen

Hole in a bone for transmission of blood vessels and nerves

Fossa

Pit, fovea, or hollow space

Groove

Shallow linear channel

Meatus

Tube-like passageway running within a bone

Notch

Indentation into a border of a bone

Sinus

Recess, groove, cavity, or hollow space

Sulcus

Furrow, trench, or fissure-like depression