front 1 Tuberosity | back 1 Large round projection |
front 2 Crest | back 2 Narrow ridge of a bone; usually prominent |
front 3 Trochanter | back 3 Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process |
front 4 Line | back 4 Narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest |
front 5 Tubercle | back 5 Small rounded projection or process |
front 6 Epicondyle | back 6 Raised area on or above a condyle |
front 7 Spine | back 7 Sharp, slender, often pointed projection |
front 8 Process | back 8 Any bony prominence |
front 9 Head | back 9 Body expansion carried on a narrow neck |
front 10 Facet | back 10 Smooth, nearly flat articular surface |
front 11 Condyle | back 11 Rounded articular projection, often articulates with a corresponding fossa |
front 12 Ramus | back 12 Arm-like bar of bone |
front 13 Foramen | back 13 Round or oval opening through a bone |
front 14 Groove | back 14 Furrow |
front 15 Fissure | back 15 Narrow, slit-like opening |
front 16 Notch | back 16 Indentation at the edge of a structure |
front 17 Fossa | back 17 Shallow basin-like depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface. |
front 18 Meatus | back 18 Canal-like passageway |
front 19 Sinus | back 19 Bone cavity, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane |