| A | B |
|---|
| condyle | large, rounded articular process, helps form joints |
| facet | smooth, flat surface, (process that helps form joints) |
| head | enlarged portion at an end of a bone,(process that helps form joints) |
| ramus | branch or extension of a bone, (process that helps form joints) |
| crest | narrow ridge (process that provides for the attachment of muscles and ligaments) |
| epicondyle | process on or above a condyle (process that provides for the attachment of muscles and ligaments) |
| linea (line) | narrow ridge (less prominent than a crest) (process that provides for the attachment of muscles and ligaments) |
| spine (spinous process) | sharp or pointed process (process that provides for the attachment of muscles and ligaments) |
| trochanter | large, irregularly shaped process (found only on the femur) (process that provides for the attachment of muscles and ligaments) |
| tubercle | small, knoblike process (process that provides for the attachment of muscles and ligaments) |
| tuberosity | large, knoblike process (process that provides for the attachment of muscles and ligaments) |
| fissure | narrow opening (depression/opening, may provide passageways for blood vessels and nerves) |
| foramen | round opening (depression/opening, may provide passageways for blood vessels and nerves) |
| fossa | shallow depression (depression/opening, may provide passageways for blood vessels and nerves) |
| fovea | pitlike depression (depression/opening, may provide passageways for blood vessels and nerves) |
| fontanel | membrane-covered spaces b/n skull bones (depression/opening, may provide passageways for blood vessels and nerves) |
| meatus | tubelike passage(depression/opening, may provide passageways for blood vessels and nerves) |
| sinus | inferior cavity (depression/opening, may provide passageways for blood vessels and nerves) |
| sulcus (or groove) | long, narrow depression (depression/opening, may provide passageways for blood vessels and nerves) |
