| Term | Definition |
|
fissure |
a narrow slit like opening |
|
foreman |
usually a fairly large round hole |
|
fossa |
basin like depression |
|
meatus |
tube like passageway |
|
sinus |
an air filled cavity in bone |
|
sulcus |
a groove or furrow |
|
process |
a projection of a bone |
|
condyle |
a large roughly rounded process |
|
facet |
flat smooth like surface |
|
head |
a rounded process supported on a narrower part (neck) |
|
crest |
a prominant ridge |
|
epicondyle |
process above condyle |
|
line |
smaller ridge than a crest |
|
spine |
long thin process |
|
trochanter |
a large process of the femur |
|
tubercle |
a small round process |
|
tuberosity |
large round process |