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Skeletal
Skeletal System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tuberosity | Large rounded projection, may be roughened |
| Crest | Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent |
| Trochanter | Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process ( the only examples are on the femur) |
| Line | Narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest |
| Tubercle | small rounded projection or process |
| Epicondyle | raised area on or above condyle |
| spine | sharp, slender, often pointed projection |
| Process | prominence or projection |
| Head | bony expansion carried on a narrow neck |
| Facet | Smooth, nearly flat articular surface |
| Condyle | rounded articular projection |
| Ramus | armlike bar of bone |
| Sinus | space within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucus membrane |
| meatus | canal-like passageway |
| fossa | shallow, basin-like depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface |
| groove | furrow |
| fissure | narrow, slitlike opening |
| foramen | rounded or oval opening through a bone |
| foramina | plural of foramen |