Bone Markings Week 5

Suture	Line of union between bones -- notably in cranial bones an its 4 main sutures
Fissure	narrow cleft like opening/passageway for nerves and blood vessels
Foramen	Hole or opening for blood vessels nerves and muscles
Meatus	Canal or Tube Shaped opening
Sulcus	flat broad -- groove or furrow to accommodate a soft structure
Fossa	Deppresion in bone
Fobia	Tiny depression in bone
Sinus	Air filled cavity withing a cavity -- Paranasals
Condyle	Large rounded articular prominence
Head	rounded articular region supported by the neck of the bone
Facet	Smooth flat articulating surface
Tubercle	small rounded knoblike process
Tuberosity	Rough large rounded process
Trochanter	Large blunt projection -- femur only
Crest	Prominent boder or ridge
Line	less prominent border or ridge
Spine	Sharp Slender process
Epicondyle	projection above a condyle for attachment