Bone Features

The general features found on the surface of bones

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Cards In This Set

Front Back
Tuberosity
Large rounded projection roughened for muscle attachment
Crest
Narrow ridge of bone, usually very noticable
Trochanter
Very large blunt irregular process on the femur
Line
Narrow ridge of bone, less prominent than crest
Tubercle
Small rounded bump
Epicondyle
Raised area on or above a condyle
Spine
Sharp slender pointy projection
Process
Any bony prominence
Head
Bony expansion carries on a neck
Facet
A smooth flat surface, like on a cut stone
Condyle
Rounded articular projection
Ramus
Armlike bar of bone
Meatus
Canal-like passageway
Sinus
Cavity in a bone
Fossa
Shallow depression