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BonyLandmarks
Question | Answer |
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Process | a broad designation for a bump on a bone |
Spine | an abrupt or pointed projection |
Trochanter | a large blunt process |
Line | a ridge that doesn't stick up very far |
Crest | a prominent ridge |
Head | a large rounded end of a long bone, usually set off from the rest of the bone by a "neck" |
Condyle | the rounded end of a long bone, usually not set off by a neck, usually smaller than a head |
Epicondyle | a bump above a condyle |
Facet | a smooth, mostly flat surface on a bone |
Fossa | a basin-like depression in a bone |
Foramen | a hole in a bone |
Notch | a deep indentation in a bone |
Angle | a diverging of two bony edges from a common point |