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Skeletal markings
Bone Markings
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Biology
Graduate
01/14/2012

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Term
capitulum

Condyle
Definition
small round articular head

rounded knuckle like articular area (usu occuring in pairs)
Term
Crest

Epicondyle
Definition
ridge of bone

eminence superior to a condyle
Term
Facet

Foramen
Definition
smooth flat area, where bone articulates with another bone, usu has art. cart.

passage through a bone
Term
Fossa

Groove
Definition
hollow or depressed area

elongated depression or furrow
Term
head

line
Definition
large, round articular end

linear elevation
Term
malleolus

notch
Definition
rounded process

indentation at the edge of a bone
Term
protuberance

spine
Definition
projection of bone

thorn like process
Term
spinous process

trochanter
Definition
projecting spine like part

large blunt elevation
Term
trochlea

tubercle
Definition
spool-like art process or process that acts as a pulley

small raised eminence
Term
tuberosity
Definition
large rounded elevation
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