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Skeletal features
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| process | any projection or bump |
| trochanter | a large rough projection |
| tubercle | a smaller rough projection |
| crest | a prominent ridge |
| spine | a pointed process |
| head | the expanded articular end of an epiphanies, separated from head |
| neck | a narrow connection between the epiphanies |
| condyle | a smooth rounded articular process |
| facet | a small flat articular surface |
| fossa | a shallow depression |
| sulcus | a narrow groove |
| foramen | a rounded passageway for blood |
| fissure | an elongate cleft |
| canal | a passageway through the substance of a bone |
| sinus | a chamber within a bone normal filled with air |