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Bone Landmark

Bony Landmark Vocab

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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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