bone terminology

Condyle

A rounded process that usually articulates with another bone

Crest

Narrow, ridgelike projection

Epicondyle

Projection situated

Facet

Small, nearly flat surface

Fontanel

Soft spot in the skull where membranes cover the space between bones

Foramen

Opening through a bone that usually is a passageway for vessels, nerves, or ligaments

Fossa

Relatively deep pit or depression

Fovea

Tiny pit or depression

Head

Enlargement on the end of the bone

Meatus

Tube like passageway within a bone

Process

Prominent projection on a bone

Sinus

Cavity within a bone

Spine

Thornlike projection

Suture

Interlocking line of a union between bones

Trochanter

Relatively large process

Tubercle

Small, knoblike process

Tuberosity

Knoblike process usually larger than a tubercle