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Tuberosity
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Large and rounded projection; may be roughened projection for muscle and ligament site
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Crest
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Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent projection for muscle and ligament site
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Trochanter
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Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process projection for muscle and ligament site
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Line
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Narrow ridge of bone; less prominent then crest projection for muscle and ligament site
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Tubercle
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Small rounded projection or process projection for muscle and ligament site
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Epicondyle
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Raised area on or above a condyle projection for muscle and ligament site
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Spine
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Sharp, slender, often pointed projection projection for muscle and ligament site
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Ramus
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Armlike bar of bone projection for muscle and ligament site
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Head
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Bony expansion carried on narrow neck projection to help form joints
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Facet
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Smooth, nearly flat articular surface projection to help form joints
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Condyle
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Rounded articular projection projection to help form joints
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Meatus
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Canal-like passageway depressions and openings allowing blood and nerves to pass
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Sinus
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Cavity within a bone, filled with air an dlined with mucous membrane depressions and openings allowing blood and nerves to pass
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Fossa
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Shallow, basinlike depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface depressions and openings allowing blood and nerves to pass
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Groove
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Slitlike furrow depressions and openings allowing blood and nerves to pass
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