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Bone Surface Marking
Depressions and Processes
Question | Answer |
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Fissure | narrow slit between adjacent parts of bones through which blood vessels or nerves pass |
Foramen | opening through which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass |
Fossa | shallow depression |
Sulcus | furrow along a bone surface that accommodates a blood vessel, nerve, or tendon |
Meatus | tubelike opening |
Depressions and Openings | sites allowing the passage of soft tissue (nerves, blood vessels, ligaments, tendons) or formation of joints |
Processes | projections or outgrowths that form joints of attachment points for connective tissue, such as ligaments and tendons |
Condyle | large, round, protuberance at the end of a bone |
Facet | Smooth flat articular surface |
Head | rounded articular projection supported on teh neck of a bone |
Crest | prominent ridege or elongated projection |
Epicondyle | projection above a condyle |
Line | long, narrow ridge or border |
Spinous Process | sharp, slender projection |
Trochanter | very large projection |
Tubercle | small rounded projection |
Tuberosity | large rounded usually roughened projection |