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Guide Bony Landmarks
Question | Answer |
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A broad designation for a bump on a bone | Process |
An abrupt or pointed projection (e.g., the spine of the scapula, the anterior superior illiac spine) | Spine |
A large blunt process (e.g., greater and lesser trochanter of the femur) | Trochanter |
A small bump (e.g., the greater and lesser tubercles of the humerous) | Tubercle |
A large, often rough bump (e.g., ishial tuberosity) | Tuberosity |
A ridge that doesn't stick up very far (e.g., the linea aspera of the femur) | Line |
A prominent ridge (e.g., the illiac crest) | Crest |
A large rounded end of a long bone, usually set off from the rest of the bone by a "neck" | Head |
The rounded end of a long bone, usually not set off by a neck, usually smaller than a head | Condyle |
a bump above a condyle | Epicondyle |
A smooth, mostly flat surface on a bone | Facet |
A basin like depression in a bone | Fossa |
A hole in a bone | Foramen |
A deep indentation in a bone | Notch |
A diverging of two bony edges from a common point | Angle |