front 1 Condyle | back 1 Large, smooth, rounded oval structure |
front 2 Facet | back 2 Small, flat, shallow surface |
front 3 Head | back 3 Prominent, rounded epiphysis |
front 4 Trochlea | back 4 Smooth, grooved, pulley-like process |
front 5 Alveolus (plural: alveoli) | back 5 Deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible |
front 6 Fossa (plural: fossae) | back 6 Flattened or shallow depression |
front 7 Sulcus | back 7 Narrow groove |
front 8 Crest | back 8 Narrow, prominent, ridgelike projection |
front 9 Epicondyle | back 9 Projection adjacent to a condyle |
front 10 Line | back 10 Low Ridge |
front 11 Process | back 11 Any marked bony prominence |
front 12 Ramus (plural: rami) | back 12 Angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure |
front 13 Spine | back 13 Pointed, slender process |
front 14 Trochanter | back 14 Massive, rough projection found only on the femur |
front 15 Tubercle | back 15 Small, rounded projection |
front 16 Tuberosity | back 16 Large, rough projection |
front 17 Canal | back 17 Passageway through a bone |
front 18 Fissure | back 18 Narrow, slitlike opening through a bone |
front 19 Foramen (plural: foramina) | back 19 Rounded passageway through a bone |
front 20 Meatus | back 20 Passageway through a bone |
front 21 Sinus | back 21 Cavity or hollow space in a bone |