Bone Markings

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Condyle

Smooth, rounded protuberance at a joint

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Crest

Raised, narrow ridge

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Epicondyle

Projection above a condyle

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Facet

Small, flattened surface

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Foramen

Rounded opening

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Fossa

Hollow cavity

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Meatus

Passage or channel, such as a long channel within a bone

  • also the external opening of a canal (such as urinary meatus)

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Process

Projection

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Sinus

A space or channel (such as the air-filled spaces in some skull bones)

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Spine

Sharp Projection

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Trochanter

Large, blunt projection (as the top of the femur)

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Tubercle

Small, rounded projection

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Tuberosity

Large, rounded projection