horse vocabulary
Terms
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- the socket or cavity of the hip bone into which the head or the femur fits
- acetabulum
- Outward projections as in the transverse process of the atlas and large surface of the ilium region of the hip bone
- ala
- large articulating prominences
- condyle
- a cavity or deep articular depression
- cotyloid
- a significant border or ridge
- crest
- an eminence at the articular end of a long bone above or upon the condyle
- epicondyle
- small articular surfaces covered with hyaline cartilage
- facet
- a narrow opening between two bones
- fissure
- a opening or hole in a bone
- faramen
- a depression or small hallow
- fossa
- a shallow non articulating depression as found in the head of the femur
- fovea
- a round articulating surface shaped like a ball
- head
- a ridge on a bone not as prominent as a crest
- line
- the projection of bone as in te distal end of the tibia
- malleolus
- any prominent projection of bone as in a crest trochanter tuberosity or spine
- process