Bone Features
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sexysusi Plus on January 8, 2012
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Chapter 2.4
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17 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Process | A bony prominence |
| Eminence | A bony projection (not as prominent as a process) |
| Spine | Generally a thinner, sharper process than eminence |
| Tuberosity | A large, usually roughened eminence of variable shape often at the site of a tendon or ligament attachment |
| Tubercle | A small, usually roughened eminence, often at the site of a tendon or ligament attachment |
| Trochanter | One of the two large prominent, blunt, process found only on the femur |
| Malleolus (pl. Malleoli) | a rounded protuberance adjacet to the ankle joint |
| Boss | A smooth, round, broad eminence. |
| Torus | A bony thickening (supraorbital torus) |
| Ridge | a linear bony elevation, often roughned |
| Articulation | an area where adjacent bones are in contact |
| Condyle | A round articular process |
| Epicondyle | A nonarticular projection adjacent to a condyle. |
| Head | A large, rounded, usually articular end of a bone. |
| Crest | a prominent, usually sharp thin ridge of bone (often formed between adjacent muscle masses, i.e.Sagittal crest) |
| Line | A raised liner surface, not as thick as a torus or as sharp a a crest |
| Hamulus | a hook-shaped projection |
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