osteology terms:
Terms used for different surface markings on bones.
Angle : Corner of bone between two borders.
Articulation : A joint or union between two bones.
Body/corpus : The largest/principal part of a bone.
Border : The edge of bone usually applied to flat bones.
Canal : A Tubular and narrow passage/channel/tunnel through one or more bones.
Capitulum : A small head.
Cleft : A fissure in a bone.
Condyle : Knuckle shaped paired articular surface.
Cornu/hamulus : Curved horn like projection.
Crest : An elongated elevation.
Diaphysis : The shaft or central portion of a long bone.
Epicondyle : A small projection adjacent to a condyle.
Epiphysis : Enlarged end of a long bone. A piece of bone separated from a
long bone in early life be cartilage, but later becoming a part of the
longer bone.
Facet : Small articular surface.
Fissure : A narrow cleft in a bone.
Foramen : Hole or perforation.
Fossa : A depression.
Fovea : Articular surface in the form of a small pit.
Head : Expanded and nearly round proximal end.
Incisura : A notch like depression.
Lamina : A plate like structure.
Line : A faint elongated elevation.
Linea : A narrow very small crest/ridge/line.
Neck : The constricted part below head.
Notch : A deep or larger indentation.
Plexus : It is a network or tangle of nerves.
Process : A large projection.
Protuberabce/prominence/eminence/torus: Bony projection.
Ridge : A narrow rounded elevation on the surface.
Shaft : The part of bone formed by diaphysis.
Sinus : A cavity in a bone which is lined by mucous membrane and communicating with the exterior.
Spine : A slender or pointed projection.
Squama/squamosa : Flat portion of cranial bones.
Styloid : A pencil shaped pointed process.
Sulci/grooves : Elongated depressions.
Sutures : Union between two immobile bones.
Symphysis : A union in which two similar bones are firmly connected by cartilage.
Trochanter : A very large projection.
Trochlea : A pulley like grooved articular surface.
Tubercle : A small projection.
Tuberosity