Terms used to describe the skeletal structure
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| rounded process that usually articulates with another bone | condyle
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| narrow ridgelike projection | crest
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| projection situated above a condyle | epicondyle
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| small, nearly flat surface | facet
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| cleft or groove | fissure
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| soft spot in the skull where membranes cover the space between bones | fontanel
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| opening through a bone that usually serves as a passageway for blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments | foramen
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| tiny pit or depression | fovea
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| relatively deep pit or depression | fossa
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| enlargement on the end of the bone | head
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| narrow ridge | linea
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| tubelike passageway within a bone | meatus
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| prominent projection on a bone | process
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| branch or similiar extension | ramus
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| cavity within a bone | sinus
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| thornlike projection | spine
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| interlocking line of union between bones | suture
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| relatively large process | trochanter
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| small, knoblike process | tubercle
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| knoblike process usually larger than a tubercle | tuberosity
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