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Terms Used For Bone Markings
Terms Used For Bone Markings
MARKINGS
ARTICULATION
When two bones meet
HEAD
Prominent rounded surface
FACET
Flat Surface
CONDYLE
Rounded Surface
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PROJECTIONS
Raised Markings
PROTUBERANCE
Protruding
PROCESS
Prominence Feature
SPINE
Sharp Process
TUBERCLE
Small, rounded process
TUBEROSITY
Round Surface
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LINE
Slight, Elongated ridge
CREST
Ridge
HOLES
Holes and Depressions
FOSSA
Elongated Basin
FOVEA
Small pit
SULCUS
Groove
CANAL
Passage in bone
FISSURE
Slit through bone
Foramen
Hole through bone
MEATUS
Opening into canal
SINUS
Air-filled space in bone
CLASSIFICATION OF
BONES
Classification
Long-
Typical ,Miniature or Accessory
Short Flat Irregular Pneumatic Sesamoid
short bone, Modified (Supernumerary)
long bone
Developmental
Membrano-
Membrane Cartilaginous Somatic Visceral
cartilaginous bones
Regional
Axial Appendicular