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Sites allowing the passage of soft tissue [nerves, blood vessels, ligaments, tendons] or formation of joints.
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Depressions & Openings
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Narrow slit between adjacent parts of bones through which blood vessels or nerves pass.
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Fissure
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Opening through which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass.
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Foramen
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Shallow deprssion.
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Fossa
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Furrow along a bone surface that accommodates a blood vessel, nerve, or tendon.
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Sulcus
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Tubelike opening.
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Meatus
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Projections or outgrowths on bone that form joints or attachment points for connective tissue, such as ligaments and tendons.
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Processes
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Processes that form joints.
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1 - Condyle
2 - Facet
3 - Head
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Large, round protuberance at the end of a bone.
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Condyle
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Smooth flat articular surface.
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Facet
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Rounded articular projection supported on the neck [constricted portion] of a bone.
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Head
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Processes that form attachment points for connective tissue.
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1 - Crest
2 - Epicondyle
3 - Line
4 - Spinous Process
5 - Trochanter
6 - Tubercle
7 - Tuberosity
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Prominent ridge or elongated projection.
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Crest
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Projection above a condyle.
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Epicondyle
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Long, narrow ridge or border [less prominent than a crest]
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Line
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