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The attachment of tendons and ligaments and bone articulation cause what to form?
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Elevations and projections
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Depressions, grooves and tunnels in the bone indicate what?
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Where blood vessels or nerves lie alongside or penetrate the bone
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Process (elevations and projections...general)
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Any projection or bump
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Ramus (elevations and projections...general)
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Any extension of the bone making and angle with the rest of the structure
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Trochanter (processes formed where ligaments or tendons attach)
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Large rough projection
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Tuberosity (processes formed where ligaments and tendons attach)
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Smaller (than trochanter) rough projection
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Tubercle (processes formed where ligaments and tendons attach)
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Small rounded projection
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Crest (processes formed where ligaments and tendons attach)
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Prominent ridge
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Condyle (processes formed for articulation with adjacent bones)
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Smooth rounded articular process
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Trochlea (processes formed for articulation with adjacent bones)
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Smooth grooved pulley-shaped articular process
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Fossa (depression)
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Shallow depression
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Foramen (openings)
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Rounded passageway for bld vessels or nerves
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