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FACET

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(Depressions) Shallow indented surface where two bones meet to form a joint

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FOSSA

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(Depressions) Deeper indented surface in a bone, usually allows a rounded surface of another bone to fit inside of it

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FOVEA

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(Depressions) Shallow pit; often the site for the attachment of a ligament

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GROOVE

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(Depressions) Long, typically shallow depression that usually allows a nerve or blood vessel to travel along the bone’s surface

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SULCUS

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(Depressions) Another name for a groove

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CANAL

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(Openings) Passageway through a bone

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FISSURE

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(Openings) Slit within a bone or between bones

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FORAMEN

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(Openings) Hole in a bone through which a structure such as a nerve or blood vessel passes

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MEATUS

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(Openings) Another name for a canal

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CONDYLE

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(Projections) Round end of a bone that fits into a fossa or facet of another bone at a joint

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CREST

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(Projections) Ridge along a bone; generally a site of muscle attachment

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EPICONDYLE

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(Projections) Small projection usually proximal to a condyle; generally the site of muscle attachment

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HEAD

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(Projections) Rounded end of the bone that fits into a fossa to form a joint

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LINE

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(Projections) Ridge along a bone where a muscle attaches

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PROCESS

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(Projections) Any bony projection; generally the site of muscle attachment

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PROTUBERANCE

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(Projections) An outgrowth from a bone due to repetitive pull from a muscle

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TROCHANTER

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(Projections) Large bony projection to which muscles attach; only examples are in the femur (thigh bone)

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TUBERCLE

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(Projections) Small rounded projection where muscles attach

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TUBEROSITY

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(Projections) A larger, more prominent tubercle