Describe articulations. Give example. | where 2 bones meet; knee joint |
Describe heads. Give example. | prominent rounded surface; head of femur |
Describe facets. Give example. | flat surface; vertebrae |
Describe condyles. Give example. | rounded surface; occipital condyles |
Describe projections. Give example. | raised markings; spinous process of vertebrae |
Describe protuberances. Give example. | protruding; chin |
Describe processes. Give example. | prominence feature; transverse process of vertebra |
Describe spines. Give example. | sharp process; ischial spine |
Describe tubercles. Give example. | small, rounded process; tubercle of humerus |
Describe tuberosities. Give example. | rough surface; deltoid tuberosity |
Describe lines. Give example. | slight, elongated ridge; temporal lines off the parietal bones |
Describe crests. Give example. | ridge; iliac crest |
Describe holes. Give example. | holes and depressions; foramen (holes that blood vessels can pass through) |
Describe fossas. Give example. | elongated basin; mandibular fossa |
Describe foveas. Give example. | small pit; fovea capitis on the head of femur |
Describe sulcuses. Give example. | groove; sigmoid sulcus of temporal bones |
Describe canals. Give example. | passage in bone; auditory canal |
Describe fissures. Give example. | slit through bone; auricular fissure |
Describe foramens. Give example. | hole through bone; foramen in occipital bone |
Describe meatuses. Give example. | opening into canal; external auditory meatus |
Describe sinuses. Give example. | air-filled space in bone; nasal sinus |