Bone Markings

A round or oval opening through a bone

• process

• foramen

• fissure

• tuberosity

A sinus is

• a cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucus membrane

• a slit like opening

• a cavity within a bone lined with connective tissue

• a rounded joint connection

Any bony prominance

• Process
• Facet
• Fissure
• Meatus

Large, rounded, roughened projection

• Trochanter

• Tubercle

• Tuberosity

• Notch

Narrow ridge of bone, usually prominent

• Crest

• Forament

• Notch

• Epicondyle

A condyle is a

• bony projection

• narrow ridge of bone

• indentation at the edge of a bone

• rounded joint connection

An indentation at the edge of a bony structure is a

• tuberosity

• notch

• process

• crest

A raised area on or above a condyle is called a(n)

• crest

• notch

• epicondyle

• tuberosity