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Stack #119426
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| large rounded projections, may be roughened | tuberosity |
| narrow ridge of bone, usually prominent | crest |
| very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process (only on femur) | trochanter |
| narrow ridge of bone, less prominent than a crest | line |
| small rounded projection or process | tubercle |
| raised area on or abobe a condyle | epicondyle |
| sharp, slender, often pointed projection | spine |
| prominence or projection | process |
| bony expansion carried on a narrow neck | head |
| smooth nearly flat articluar serface | facet |
| rounded articular projection | condyle |
| armlike bar of bone | ramus |
| space within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane | sinus |
| canal like passageway | meatus |
| shallow basinlike depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface | fossa |
| furrow | groove |
| slitlike opening | fissure |
| round or oval opening through a bone | foramen |