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Axial Skel I
Depressions and Processes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Opening through which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass | Foramen |
| Smooth, flat, articular surface | Facet |
| Very large projection | Trochanter |
| Sharp, slender projection | Spinous process |
| Shallow depression | Fossa |
| Furrow along a bone surface that accommodates a blood vessel, nerve, or tendon. | Sulcus |
| Prominent ridge or elongated projection | Crest |
| Projection above a condyle | Epicondyle |
| Tubelike opening | Meatus |
| Large, round protuberance at the end of a bone | Condyle |
| Small, rounded projection | Tubercle |
| Narrow slit between adjacent parts of bones through which blood vessels or nerves pass | Fissure |
| Large, rounded, usually roughened projection | Tuberosity |
| Processes that form joints | Condyles, Facets, Heads |
| Rounded articular projection supported on the neck (constricted portion) of a bone | Head |
| Sites allowing the passage of soft tissue (nerves, blood vessels, ligaments, tendons) or formation of joints | Depressions and openings |
| Projections or outgrowths on bone that form joints or attachment points for connective tissue (such as ligaments and tendons) | Processes |
| Depressions and openings, and processes | Bone surface markings |
| Processes that form attachment points for connective tissue | Crests, epicondyles, lines, spinous processes, trochanters, tubercles, tuberosities |
| Long, narrow ridge or border (less prominent than a crest) | Line |
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