Glossary of Bone Terms
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- Process
- a projection from the surface of the bone
- Tubercle
- a small bump on the bone
- Tuberosity
- a large bump on the bone
- Trochanter
- a large bump on the femur
- Ramus
- a brancj
- Spine
- a short, sharp projection
- Head
- a hemispheric projection that articulates with another bone
- neck
- a constriction below the head
- Condyle
- an irrgular, smooth surface that articulates with another bone
- Epicondyle
- a bump on the condyle
- crest
- an elevated ridge of bone
- line
- an elevation smaller than a crest
- facet
- a smooth, flat face
- foramen
- a shallow hole
- sinus
- a cavity in a bone
- meatus or canal
- a deep hole
- fossa
- a shallow surface depression in the bone
- notch
- a deep cutout in the bone
- groove or sulcus
- an elongated depression
- fissure
- a long, deep cleft in the bone
- Epiphysis
- promixal and distal ends of the bone
- Diaphysis
- the long shaft in the middle portion of the bone
- Articular Cartilage
- located on ephiphysis, compsed of hyaline cartilage and decreases friction
- medullary cavity
- hollow innermost section, occupied by marrow
- periosteum
- outer covering of teh bone, dense irregular collagenous connection tissue. anchoring point of tendons and ligaments
- endosteum
- inner lining surface of long bones, near marrow cavity, lining the central cana
- compact bone
- hard compact outer portion of bone
- spongy bone
- made of trabeculae. runs parallel as the stress is applied to the bone