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tuberosity large, rounded projection; may be roughened crest narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent trochanter very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process (specific to femur) line narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest tubercle small rounded projection or process epicondyle raised area on or above a condyle spine sharp, slender, often pointed projection process any bony prominence head bony expansion carried on a narrow neck facet smooth, nearly flat articular surface condyle rounded articular projection ramus armlike bar of bone groove furrow fissure narrow, slitlike opening foramen round or oval opening through a bone notch indentation at the edge of a structure meatus canal-like passageway sinus bone cavity, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane fossa shallow basinlike depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface