bone markings

Tuberosity

Large, rounded projection maybe rooughened

Trochanter

Very large, blunt irregularly shaped process

Crest

Narrow ridge of brown usually prominent

Line

Narrow ridge of bone less prominent than a crest

Tubercle

Small, rounded projection

Epicondyle

Raised area above the condyle

Spine

Sharp, slender often pointed

Process

Any bone prominence

Head

Bony expansion carried a narrow neck

Facet

Smooth, nearly flat articular surface

Condyle

Rounded articular projection

Ramus

Armlike bar of bone

Groove

Furrow

Fissure

Narrow, slit like opening

Foramen

Round or oval opening through a bone

Notch

Indentation at the edge of a structure

Meatus

Canal or tunnel like passageway

Sinus

Cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucuos membrane

Fossa

Shallow, basenlin depression in a bone