Bone Processes, Projections, Depressions, and Fractures

Condyle

Rounded process at an articular extremity

Coracoid/coronoid

Beak-like or crown-like process

Crest

Ridge-like process

Epicondyle

Projection above a condyle

Facet

Small, smooth-surfaced process for articulation with another structure

Hamulus

Hook-shaped process

Head

Expanded end of a long bone

Horn

Horn-like process on a bone

Line

Less prominent ridge than a crest; a linear elevation

Malleolus

Club-shaped process

Protuberance

Projecting part or prominence

Spine

Sharp process

Styloid

Long Pointed Process

Trochanter

Either of two large, rounded, and elevated processes located at junction of neck and shaft of femur

Tubercle

Small, rounded, and elevated process

Tuberosity

Large, rounded, and elevated process

Fissure

Cleft or deep groove

Foramen

Hole in a bone for blood vessels and nerves

Fossa

Pit, fovea, or hollow spaces

Groove

Shallow linear channel

Meatus

Tube-like passageway running within a bone

Notch

Indentation into border of a bone

Sinus

Recess, groove, cavity, or hollow space, such as a recess or air cavity

Sulcus

Furrow, trench, or fissure-like depression

Closed fracture

Fracture that does not break through the skin

Displaced Fracture

Serious fracture in which bones are not in anatomic alignment

Nondisplaced Fracture

Fracture in which bone retains its normal alignment

Open Fracture

Serious fracture in which broken bone(s) project through the skin