Processes & Depressions
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| 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 |
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