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Bone Markings
Question | Answer |
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TUBEROSITY | LARGE ROUNDED PROJECTION; MAY BE ROUGHENED |
CREST | NARROW RIDGE OF BONE; USUALLY PROMINENT |
TROCHANTER | VERY LARGE, BLUNT, IRREGULARLY SHAPED PROCESS |
LINE | NARROW RIDGE OF BONE; LESS PROMINENT THAN A CREST |
TUBERCLE | SMALL, ROUNDED PROJECTION OR PROCESS |
EPICONDYLE | RAISED AREA ON OR ABOVE A CONDYLE |
SPINE | SHARP, SLENDER, OFTEN POINTED PROJECTION |
PROCESS | BONY PROMINENCE |
HEAD | BONY EXPANSION CARRIED ON A NARROW NECK |
FACET | SMOOTH, NEARLY FLAT ARTICULAR SURFACE |
CONDYLE | ROUNDED ARTICULAR PROJECTION |
RAMUS | ARMLIKE BAR OF BONE |
MEATUS | CANAL-LIKE PASSAGE WAY |
SINUS | CAVITY WITHIN A BONE, FILLED WITH AIR AND LINED WITH MUCOUS MEMBRANE |
FOSSA | SHALLOW, BASINLIKE DEPRESSION IN A BONE, OFTEN SERVING AS AN ARTICULAR SURFACE |
GROOVE | FURROW |
FISSURE | NARROW, SLITLIKE OPENING |
FORAMEN | ROUND OR OVAL OPENING THROUGH A BONE |