Anatomy chapter 7 bone markings

Ramus

Branch or similar extension -mandible

Sinus

Cavity within a bone -frontal bone

Fissure

Cleft or groove -orbit of eye

Head

Enlargement on the end of a bone -humorous

Suture

Interlocking line of union between bones -coronal suture

Tuberosity

Knoblike process usually larger than a tubercle -radius

Foramen

Opening through a bone that usually served as a passageway for blood vessels, nerves or ligaments -occipital bone

Epicondyle

Projection situated above a condyle -humorous

Process

Prominent projection on a bone -temporal bone

Fossa

Relatively deep pit -humorous

Trochanter

Relatively large process -femur

Condyle

Rounded process that usually articulates with another bone -occipital condyle

Tubercle

Small, knoblike process -rib

Facet

Small, nearly flat surface -thoracic vertebrae

Fontanel

Soft spot -babies

Linea

Narrow ridge -femur

Crest

Narrow, rigid like projection -iliac crest

Spine

Thornlike projection -scapula

Fovea

Tiny pit -femur

Meatus

Tubelike passageway within a bone -temporal bone