Anatomy: Bone Markings

Tuberosity

A larger, more prominent tubercle

Fossa

A shallow depression allows a rounded surface of another bone to fit inside of it

Protuberance

An outgrowth from a bone due to repetitive pull from a muscle

Meatus

Another name for a canal

Sulcus

Another name for a groove

Process

Any bony projection, muscle attachment

Foramen

Hole in a bone through which a structure such as a nerve or blood vessel passes

Trochanter

Large bony projection to which muscles attach.(only in femur)

Groove

Long, typically shallow depression that usually allows a nerve or blood vessel to travel along the bones surface

Canal

Passageway through a bone

Line

Ridge along a bone where a muscle attaches

Crest

Ridge along a bone, site of a muscle attachment

Condyle

Round end of a bone that fits into a fossa

Head

Rounded end of the bone that fits into a fossa

Facet

Shallow indented surface where two bones meet to form a joint

Fovea

Shallow pit; often the site for the attachment of a ligament

Fissure

Slit within a bone or between bones

Tubercle

Small rounded projection where muscles attach

Epicondyle

projection proximal to a condyle, muscle attachment