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Bone Landmark
Bony Landmark Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Process | a broad designation for a bump on a bone (mastoid process, xiphoid process) |
| Spine | an abrupt or pointed projection (the spine of the scapula, the anterior superior iliac spine) |
| Trochanter | a large blunt process (greater and lesser trochanters of the femur) |
| Tubercle | a small bump (the greater and lesser tubercles of the humerus) |
| Tuberosity | a large, often rough bump (ischial tuberosity) |
| Line | a ridge that doesn't stick up very far (the linea aspera of the femur) |
| Crest | a prominent ridge (illiac crest) |
| Head | a large rounded end of a bone, usually set off from the rest of the bone by a neck (the head of the humerus, the head of the femur) |
| Condyle | the rounded end of a long bone, usually not set off by a neck, usually small than a head (the medial and lateral condyles of the femur) |
| Epicondyle | a bump above a condyle (the medial and lateral condyles of the femur) |
| Facet | a smooth, mostly flat surface on a bone (the facets of the vertebrae) |
| Fossa | a basin-like depression in a bone (supraspinous fossa) |
| Foramen | a hole in a bone (foramen magnum on skull, foramina on sacrum) |
| Notch | a deep indentation in a bone |
| Angle | a diverging of two bony edges from common point (superior and inferior angles of the scapula) |
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