A | B |
Condyle | A ROUNDED SURFACE that articulates with another bone |
Facet | A smooth, flat, slightly CONCAVE or CONVEX articular surface |
Crest | A narrow RIDGE |
Process | Any bony prominence or BULGING OUTGROWTH from a bone |
Protuberance | A bony outgrowth or PROTRUDING part |
Spine | A sharp, slender, or NARROW process |
Trochanter | Two massive processes unique to the FEMUR |
Tubercle | A SMALL ROUNDED process, smaller than a Tuberocity |
Tuberosity | A ROUGH ELEVATED surface |
Fossa | A shallow, broad, or elongated BASIN |
Sulcus | A GROOVE for a tendon, nerve, or blood vessel |
Fissure | A SLIT through a bone |
Foramen | A HOLE through a bone, usually round |
Meatus | An OPENING into a canal |
Sinus | An air-filled SPACE in a bone |