bone projection vocabulary

a gernal term for a projection from the surface of the bone

• crest

• point

• process

• condyle

a realtivly small bump on a bone

• tubercle

• ramus

• small bumpert

• head

a larger bump on a bone

• condyle

• big bumpert

• spine

• tuberosity

a large bump (on femur)

• tubercle

• trochanter

• process

• femur lemur

a branch

• bark

• line

• ramus

• tail

a short, sharp projection

• neck

• spine

• facet

• line

a hemispheric projection that articulates with another bone

• head

• ball

• neck

• space ranger

an irregular, smooth surface that articulates with another bone

• david

• socket

• condyle

• divet

a smooth constriction below the head

• medius

• condyle

• head shoulders

• neck

a bump on a condyle

• line

• epistasis

• epicondyle

• projection