Anatomy & Physiology - Bone Markings

Process

Also called projections- any bony prominence that grows out from a bone

Head

Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

Meatus

Canal-like passageway a boney structure

Notch

Indentation at the edge of a structure

Crest

Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent

Epicondyle

Raised area on or above a condyle

Foramen

Round or oval opening through a bone

Condyle

Rounded articular projections; often articulates with a corresponding fossa

Fossa

Shallow, basinlike depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface

Trochanter

Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process (only found on femur)