Bone markings

Condyle

large, smoorh, rounded oval surface

Facet

Small, flat, shallow surface

Head

Prominent, rounded epiphysis

Trochlea:

Smooth, grooved, pulleylike process

What are the articulating surfaces?

Condyle

Facet

Head

Trochlea

Alveolus

Deep pit or pocket in the maxillae or mandible

Fossa

Flattened or shallow depression

Sulcus

Narrow groove

What are the depressions?

Alveolus

Fossa

Sulcus

Crest

Narrow, prominent, ridge-like projection

Epicondyle

Projection adjacent to a condyle

Line

low ridge

Process

Any marked bony prominence

Ramus

Angular projection of a bone relative to the rest of the structure

Spine

pointed, slender process

Trochanter

Massive, rough projection found only on the femur

Tubercle

Small, round projection

Tuberosity

Large, rough projection

What are the projections?

crest

epicondyle

line

process

ramus

spine

trochanter

tubercle

tuberosity

Canal

passageway through a bone

fissure

narrow, slit-like opening through a bone

foramen/foramina

opening or hole in a bone

Meatus

passageway through a bone

Sinus

cavity or hollow space in a bone

What are the openings and spaces?

canal

fissure

formamen

meatus

sinus