7.4 Table � Skeletal Structures

Condyle

Rounded process that usually articulates with another bone

Crest

Narrow, ridge-like process

Epicondyle

Projection above a condyle

Facet

Small, nearly flat surface

Fissure

cleft or groove

Fontanel

Soft spot in the skull between bones

Foramen

Opening through a bone that serves as a passageway

Fossa

Relatively deep pit or depression

Fovea

tiny pit or depression

Head

enlargement on the end of a bone

Linea

narrow ridge

Meatus

Tubelike passageway within a bone

Process

prominent projection on a bone

Ramus

branch or similar extension

Sinus

cavity within a bone

Spine

thorn-like projection

Suture

interlocking line of union between bones

Trochanter

Relatively large process

Tubercle

Smal, knoblike process

Tuberosity

knoblike process, usually larger than a tubercle