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Bone Surface Marking
Depressions and Processes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fissure | narrow slit between adjacent parts of bones through which blood vessels or nerves pass |
| Foramen | opening through which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass |
| Fossa | shallow depression |
| Sulcus | furrow along a bone surface that accommodates a blood vessel, nerve, or tendon |
| Meatus | tubelike opening |
| Depressions and Openings | sites allowing the passage of soft tissue (nerves, blood vessels, ligaments, tendons) or formation of joints |
| Processes | projections or outgrowths that form joints of attachment points for connective tissue, such as ligaments and tendons |
| Condyle | large, round, protuberance at the end of a bone |
| Facet | Smooth flat articular surface |
| Head | rounded articular projection supported on teh neck of a bone |
| Crest | prominent ridege or elongated projection |
| Epicondyle | projection above a condyle |
| Line | long, narrow ridge or border |
| Spinous Process | sharp, slender projection |
| Trochanter | very large projection |
| Tubercle | small rounded projection |
| Tuberosity | large rounded usually roughened projection |
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