Bone Markings (Surface Features)

Provides info on what can be found at the various tags mentioned

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The attachment of tendons and ligaments and bone articulation cause what to form?
Elevations and projections
Depressions, grooves and tunnels in the bone indicate what?
Where blood vessels or nerves lie alongside or penetrate the bone
Process (elevations and projections...general)
Any projection or bump
Ramus (elevations and projections...general)
Any extension of the bone making and angle with the rest of the structure
Trochanter (processes formed where ligaments or tendons attach)
Large rough projection
Tuberosity (processes formed where ligaments and tendons attach)
Smaller (than trochanter) rough projection
Tubercle (processes formed where ligaments and tendons attach)
Small rounded projection
Crest (processes formed where ligaments and tendons attach)
Prominent ridge
Condyle (processes formed for articulation with adjacent bones)
Smooth rounded articular process
Trochlea (processes formed for articulation with adjacent bones)
Smooth grooved pulley-shaped articular process
Fossa (depression)
Shallow depression
Foramen (openings)
Rounded passageway for bld vessels or nerves