Common Bone Features

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Common Bone Features

• Articular surfaces
• Joint surfaces (where bones come in contact with
  each other to form joints)
• Covered by articular (_____________) cartilage
• Consists of
• ____________- large, round (usually distal)
  articular surface
• ____________- spherical proximal end of a long
  bone at the articular surface
• ___________- flat articular surface

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Common Bone Features Condyle

• Large, round (usually distal) articular surface.
• Major condyles distal end of humerus, distal
  end of femur, occipital skull bone.

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Common Bone Features Head

• Somewhat spherical articular surface on the
  proximal end of a long bone.
• Found on humerus, femur and rib.
• Head is usually joined with rest of bone by a
  ________.

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Common Bone Features Facet

• A flat articular surface.
• Found in carpal and tarsal bones as well as in
  vertebrae, radius and ulna.

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Common Bone Features Processes

• Lumps, bumps, and projections on a bone.
• may (heads and condyles) or may not involve a
  joint
• may be a site of tendon attachment
• trochanter (femur), tubercle (humerus), crest
  (tibia), tuber (ischium), olecranon (ulna), spine
  (scapula) wing (atlas)