Bone marking matching

Foramen (plural = foramina)

Hole in a bone

Fossa

Indentation (Shallow depression) in a bone into which another structure fits.

Fissure

Narrow slit in a bone or between adjacent parts of bones.

Protuberance

Outgrowth from a bone

Projections

Bony extensions of varying shapes and sizes

Depressions

Clefts of varying depth in a bone: located where a bone meets another structure, such as another bone or blood vessel.

Trochanter

Large projection found only on the femur

Groove (Sulcus)

Long indentation along which narrow structure travels.

Line

Long low narrow ridge

Process

Prominent bony projection

Crest

Ridge or projection

Head

Round projection from a bone's epiphysis

Condyle

Rounded end of a bone that articulates with another bone.

Facet

Shallow convex or concave surface where two bones articulate.

Fovea

Shallow pit

Spine

Sharp process

Tubercle and tuberosity

Small rounded bony projection

Canal (meatus)

Tunnel through a bone

Openings

holes that allow blood vessel's and nerves to travel through a bone; permit access to the middle and inner ear; encase delicate structures and protect them form trauma.