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  • Depressions

    clefts of varying depth in a bone, located where a bone meets another structure

  • Facet

    shallow convex or concave surface where two bones articulate

  • fossa

    indentation in a bone into which another structure fits

  • facet example

    articular facet in rib

  • fossa example

    olecranon fossa in humerus

  • fovea

    shallow pit

  • fovea example

    fovea capitis in femur

  • groove

    long indentation along which a narrow structure travels

  • groove example

    costal groove in rib

  • openings

    holes that allow blood vessels and nerves to travel through a bone, access to middle and inner ear, encase delicate structures

  • canal (meatus)

    tunnel through a bone

  • canal example

    external acoustic meatus in temporal bone

  • fissure

    narrow slit in a bone or between adjacent parts o fbones

  • fissure example

    superior orbital fissure in sphenoid bone

  • foramen

    hole in a bone

  • foramen example

    supraorbital foramen in frontal bone

  • projections

    bony extensions of varying shapes, some. provide attachment some fit into depressions to stabilize joints

  • condyle

    rounded end of a bone that articulates with another bone

  • condyle example

    mandibular condyle in mandible

  • crest

    ridge or projection

  • crest example

    iliac crest in ilium

  • head

    round projection from a bones epiphysis

  • head example

    head in humerus

  • tubercle and tuberosity

    small, rounded bony projection, tuberosity is large tubercle

  • tubercle and tuberosity example

    deltoid tuberosity in humerus

  • epicondyle

    small projection usually proximal to a condyle

  • epicondyle example

    medial epicondyle in humerus

  • process

    prominent bony projection

  • process example

    coracoid process in scapula

  • spine

    sharp process

  • spine example

    spine in scapula

  • protuberance

    outgrowth from a bone

  • protuberance example

    external occipital protuberance in occipital bone

  • trochanter

    large projection found only on the femur

  • trochanter example

    greater trochanter in femur

  • line

    long, narrow ridge

  • line example

    linea aspera in femur