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1
Q

Processes or Projections

A

Extend beyond or project out from the main body of a bone

2
Q

Depressions

A

Hollow or derpressed areas

3
Q

Fractures

A

A break in the bone

4
Q

Condyle

A

Rounded process at an articular end

5
Q

Caracoid or coronoid

A

beaklike or crownlike proecess

6
Q

Crest

A

ridgelike process

7
Q

Epicondyle

A

Projection above a condyle

8
Q

Facet

A

small, smooth-surfaced articular process

9
Q

Hamulus

A

hook-shaped process

10
Q

Head

A

Expanded end of a long bone

11
Q

Horn

A

Hornlike process

12
Q

Line

A

linear elevation; not as prominent as a crest

13
Q

Malleolus

A

Club-shaped process

14
Q

Protuberance

A

Projecting prominence

15
Q

Spine

A

Sharp process

16
Q

Styloid

A

Long, pointed process

17
Q

Trochanter

A

Either of the two large, rounded, and elevated processes of the proximal femur

18
Q

Tubercle

A

Small, rounded, and elevated process

19
Q

Tuberosity

A

Large, rounded, and elevated process

20
Q

Fissure

A

Cleft or deep groove (depression)

21
Q

Foramen

A

Hole in a bone for transmission of vessels and nerves

22
Q

Fossa

A

Pit, fovea, or hollow space

23
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Groove

A

Shallow linear channel

24
Q

Meatus

A

Tube-like passageway

25
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Notch

A

Indentation in the border of a bone

26
Q

Sinus

A

Recess, groove, cavity, or hollow space

27
Q

Sulcus

A

Furrow or trench