Bone Markings

1) Projections That Are Sites of Muscle and Ligament Attachment

Tuberosity

Large Rounded Projection

Crest

Narrow ridge of bone (usually prominent)

Trochanter

Very large, blunt, and irregularly shaped

Line

Narrow ridge of bone (not ad prominent)

Tubercle

Small rounded projection or process

Epicondyle

Raised area on or above a condyle

Spine

Sharp, slender, often pointed projection

2) Projections that help to form joints

Head

Bony expansion near the top where it’s carried on a narrow neck

Facet

Smooth, nearly flat surface

Condyle

Rounded articular projection

Ramus

Armlike bar of bone

3) Depressions and opening allowing blood vessels and nerves to pass

Meatus

Canal-like passageway

Fossa

a depression in a bone

Foramen

Round or oval opening through a bone

Vertebrae

1

Body

2

Spinous process

3

Transverse process

4

Vertebral foramen

Sternum

1

manubrium

2

body

3

xiphoid process

Scapula

1

Spine

2

Supraspinous fossa

3

Infraspinous fossa

4

Acromion process

5

Glenoid cavity

6

Coracoid process

Pelvis

1

Illium

2

Ischium

3

Pubis

4

Iliac Crest

5

Acetabulum

Femur

1

Head

2

Neck

3

Fovea capitis

4

Greater trochanter

5

Lesser trochanter

6

Linea aspera

7

Medial condyle

8

Lateral condyle

9

Intercondylar condyle

Tibia and Fibula

Tibia- 1

Intercondylar eminence

Tibia- 2

Tibial tuberosity

Tibia- 3

Anterior Crest

Tibia- 4

Medial Malleolus

Fibula- 1

Head

Fibula-2

Lateral Malleolus

Humerus

1

Head

2

Greater turbicle

3

Lesser turbicle

4

Deltoid tuberosity

5

Medial epicondyle

6

Capitulum

7

Trochlea

8

Olecranon fossa

9

Coronoid fossa

Ulna and Radius

Radius- 1

Head

Radius- 2

Radial tuberosity

Radius- 3

Styloid process

Ulna- 1

Olecranon process

Ulna-2

Coronoid process

Ulna- 3

Styloid process