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Articulating surfaces
- includes condyle
- facet
- head
- trochlea
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Condyle
large, smooth, rounded articulating oval surface
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Facet
small, flat, shallow articulating surface
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Head
prominent, rounded epiphysis (round end)
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Trochlea
smooth, grooved, pulley-like articular surface
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Depressions
- includes alveolus
- fossa
- sulcus
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Alveolus
deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible
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Fossa
flattened or shallow depression
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Projections for tendon and ligament attachment
- includes crest
- epicondyle
- line
- process
- ramus
- spine
- trochanter
- tubercle
- tuberosity
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Crest
narrow, prominent ridge-like projection (sticks up, like hip)
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Epicondyle
- projection adjacent/around a condyle
- (epi = above or around)
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Process
any marked bony prominence
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Ramus
angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure
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Spine
pointed, slender process
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Trochanter
massive, rough projection found only on the femur
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Tubercle
small, round projection
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Tuberosity
large, rough surface
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Openings and spaces
- include canal
- foramen
- fissure
- sinus/antrum
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Canal (meatus)
passageway through a bone
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Foramen
rounded passageway through a bone
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Fissure
narrow, slit-like opening through a bone
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Sinus/antrum
cavity or hollow space in a bone
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