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Bone Markings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Large rounded projection;may be roughened | Tuberosity |
| Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent | crest |
| very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process(only examples are on the femur) | Trochanter |
| Narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest | Line |
| small rounded projection or process | tubercle |
| raised area on or above a condyle | Epicondyle |
| sharp, slender, often pointed projection | spine |
| armlike bar of bone | Ramus |
| any bony prominence | Process |
| bony expansion carried on a narrow neck | head |
| smooth, nearly flat articular surface | facet |
| rounded articular projection | condyle |
| furrow | groove |
| narrow, slitlike opening | fissure |
| round or oval opening through a bone | foramen |
| indentation the edge of a structure | Notch |
| canal-like passageway | meatus |
| cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane | sinus |
| shallow, basinlike depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface | fossa |