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Articulating Surface: Condyle
Large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure
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Articulating Surface: Facet
Small, flat, shallow articulating surface
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Articulating Surface: Head
Prominent, rounded epiphysis
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Articulating Surface: Trochlea
Smooth, grooved, pulley-like articular process
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Depression: Alveolus
Deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible
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Depression: Fossa
Flattened or shallow depression
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Depression: Sulcus
Narrow groove
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Projections for tendon and ligament attachment: Crest
Narrow, prominent, ridgelike projection
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Projections for tendon and ligament attachment: Epicondyle
Projection adjacent to a condyle
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Projections for tendon and ligament attachment: Line
Low ridge
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Projections for tendon and ligament attachment: Process
Any marked bony prominence
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Projections for tendon and ligament attachment: Ramus
Angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure
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Projections for tendon and ligament attachment: Spine
Pointed, slender process
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Projections for tendon and ligament attachment: Trochanter
Massive rough projection found only on the femur
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Projections for tendon and ligament attachment: Tubercle
Small, round projection
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Projections for tendon and ligament attachment: Tuberosity
Large, rough projection
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Openings and Spaces: Canal
Passageway through a bone
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Openings and Spaces: Fissure
Narrow, slitlike opening through a bone
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Openings and Spaces: Foramen
Rounded passageway through a bone
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Openings and Spaces: Sinus
Cavity or hollow space in a bone
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