Bone parts and markings

Main part of the bone

Body

tube like opening

canal

A smooth rounded bump at the end of a bone that helps to form another

clondyle

narrow ridge where a muscle or ligament attaches to the bone

crest

cilyndrical shaft of a long bone

Diaphysis

a small rounded bump located on the surface of a clondyle

epiclondyle

the enlarged end of a long bone

epiphysis

a smooth flat area where bone articulates with another

facet

round/oval hole through a bone

foramen

a large flat region or shallow depression of a bone

fossa

a narrow depression on a bone where another structure runs

groove

rounded enlargement of a bone

head

subtle long and narrow impression

line

tube like opening

meatus

a narrowed region at one end leading to a head

neck

long projection from a bone

process

small irregular projection from a bone

proturbence

a round or flattened extension from the body of a bone for articulation

Ramus

air filled cavity within a bone

sinus

a sharp skinnny projection of a bone (for muscle or ligament extension)

spine

a large oddly shaped projection of bone

trochanter

small rounded projection of a bone

Tubercle

long flattened extension of a bone

wing

a large rounded projection of a bone for muscle attachment ROUGH

Tuberosity

a narrow enlongated opening usually irregular shaped

fissure