Bone Markings Flashcards
Condyle (KON-dile)
Smooth, rounded protuberance at a joint
Crest
Raised, narrow ridge
Epicondyle (ep-ih-KON-dile)
Projection above a condyle
Facet (FAS-et)
Small, flattened surface
Formane (for-A-men)
Rounded opening
Ossa (FOS-a)
Hollow cavity
Meatus (me-A-tus)
Passage or channel, such as a long channel within a bone; also the external opening if a canal, such as the urinary meatus
Process
Projection (see mastoid process and styloid process)
Sinus (SI-nus)
A space or channel, such as the air-filled spaces in certain skull bone
Spine
Sharp projection (see ischial spine)
Trochanter (tro-KAN-ter)
Large, blunt projection as at the top of the femur
Tubercle (TU-ber-kl)
Small, rounded projection
Tuberosity (tu-ber-OS-ih-te)
Large, rounded projection