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A corner
Angle
The main portion of the bone
Body
Rideg-like projection of a bone
Crest
Projection of a bone located above a condyle
Epicondyle
small, flattened surface of a bone
Facet
Narrow cleft separating parts such as the lobes of the cerebum
Fissure
An opening usually in a bone or membrane
Foramen
Depression in a bone or other part
Foassa
An enlargement on the end of a bone
Head
Narrown band of tendinous connective tissue in the midline of the anterior abdominal wall
Line or linea
Rounded process of a bone usually at the articular end
Condyle
Edge of a flat bone or flat portion of an edge of a flat area
Margin
Passageway or channel or the external opening of a passageway
Meatus
A narrowed portion usually at the base of a head
Neck
A V-like depression in the margin or edge of a flat area
Notch
A prominent projection on a bone
Process
branch or similar extension
Ramus
Cavity or space in a bone or other body part
Sinus
pertaining to the spinal cord or to the vertebral canal
Spine
immovable joint such as that between flat bones of the skull
Suture
broad process on a bone
Trochanter
elevation or protuberance on a bone
Tuberosity
Small rounded process on a bone
Tubercle