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Bones
Marking and Features
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| condyle | rounded process at an articular extremity |
| corocoid/coronoid | beak like or crownlike process |
| crest | ridgelike process |
| epicondyle | projection above condyle |
| facet | small smooth surfaced process for articulation with another structure |
| hamulus | hook like process |
| horn | hornlike process on a bone |
| head | expanded end of a long 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 grove |
| foreman | hole in a bone for transmission of blood vessels and nerves |
| fossa | pit fovea or hollow space |
| sulcus | furrow trench or fissure like depression |
| groove | shallow linear channel |
| notch | indentation into border of a bone |
| sinus | recess groove cavity or hollow space |
| meatus | tubelike passageway running within a bone |