Surface Features of Bones

Condyle

A rounded knob. i.e. occipital condyles of the skull

Facet

A smooth, flat slightly concave or convex articular surface (articular____ of the vertebrae)

Head

the prominent expanded end of the bone sometimes rounded ( ____ of Femur)

Crest

A narrow ridge (illiac ___ of the pelvis)

Epicondyle

An expanded region superior to a condyle

Line

A slight raised, elongated ridge

Process

Any boney prominence

Protuberance

A bony outgrowth or protruding part

spine

A sharp, slender, or narrowprocess

Trochanter

Two massive processes unique to the Femur

tubercle

A small rounded process

Tuberosity

a rough surface

Alveolus

A pit or socket

Fossa

A shallow, broad or elongated basin

Fovea

A small pit

Sulcus

A groove for a tendon, nerve or blood vessel

Canal

A tubular passage or tunnel in a bone

fissure

a slit through a bone

Foramen

A hole through a bone

Meatus

An opening into a canal

Sinus

An air-filled space in a bone