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Head
Enlarged end
Neck
Constriction between head and body
Margin or border
Edge
Angle
Bend
Ramus
Branch off the body (beyond the angle)
Condyle
Smooth, rounded articular surface
Facet
Small flattened articular surface
Line or linea
Low ridge
Crest or crista
Prominent ridge
Spine
Very high ridge
Process
Prominent projection
Tubercle
Small rounded bump
Tuberosity or tuber
Know larger than a tubercle
Trochanter
Tuberosities on the proximal femur
Epicondyle
Upon a condyle
Lingula
Flat tongue shaped process
Hamulus
Hook shaped process
Cornu
Horn shaped process
Foramen
Hole
Canal or meatus
Tunnel
Fissure
Cleft
Sinus or labyrinth
Cavity
Fossa
General term for depression
Notch
Depression in the margin of a bone
Fovea
Little pit
Groove or sulcus
Deport narrow depression
Body
Main part