Question | Answer |
condyle | rounded process at an articular extremity |
coracoid or coronoid | beaklike or crownlike 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 | hornlike 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 (greater or major and lesser or minor) 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 transmission of blood vessels and nerves |
fossa | pit, fovea, or hollow space |
groove | shallow linear channel |
meatus | tubelike passageway running within a bone |
notch | indentation into the border of a bone |
sinus | recess, groove, cavity, or hollow space |
sulcus | furrow, trench, or fissurelike depression |
crest | ridgelike process |