tendon and bone. A tuberosity is generally a larger tubercle. The humerus has two tubercles, the greater tubercle and the lesser tubercle. These are situated...

with the trapezoid bone; the lower, small and oval, with the base of the second metacarpal. The tubercle of trapezium is a tubercle found on the anterior...

(triangular fascia). Medial to the pubic tubercle is the crest, which extends from this process to the medial end of the bone. It affords attachment to the inguinal...

tubercle is a prominent tubercle on the superior ramus of the pubis bone of the pelvis. The pubic tubercle is a prominent forward-projecting tubercle...

of the bone's large rounded head joined to the body by a constricted portion called the neck, and two eminences, the greater and lesser tubercles. The head...

plantar surface with medial and lateral tubercles on its surface. Besides, there is another peroneal tubercle on its lateral surface. On its lower edge...

The greater tubercle of the humerus is the outward part the upper end of that bone, adjacent to the large rounded prominence of the humerus head. It provides...

Lister's tubercle or dorsal tubercle of radius is a bony prominence located at the distal end of the radius. It is palpable on the dorsum of the wrist...

inferior surface has a ridge called the trapezoid line and a tubercle; the conoid tubercle for attachment with the trapezoid and the conoid ligament, part...

In anatomy, a tubercle (literally 'small tuber', Latin for 'lump') is any round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on external or internal...

Over 80% of the bone is covered in articular cartilage. The palmar surface of the scaphoid is concave, and forming a distal tubercle, giving attachment...

pharyngeal tubercle is a part of the occipital bone of the head and neck. It is located on the lower surface of the basilar part of occipital bone. It is...

The articular tubercle (eminentia articularis) is a bony eminence on the temporal bone in the skull. It is a rounded eminence of the anterior root of the...

Gerdy's tubercle is a lateral tubercle of the tibia, located where the iliotibial tract inserts. It was named after French surgeon Pierre Nicolas Gerdy...

apophysis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Apophysis may refer to: A tubercle (bone) Apophysis (spider), an outgrowth of the exoskeleton in spiders and...

tubercle separated by a groove for the tendon of the flexor hallucis longus. Exceptionally, the lateral of these tubercles forms an independent bone called...

This may also occur in horses. This type of bone fracture is quite rare. Position of supraglenoid tubercle (shown in red). left scapula. Still image. Left...

There is no angle, but at the tubercle, the rib is slightly bent, with the convexity upward, so that the head of the bone is directed downward. The upper...

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The femur (/ˈfiːmər/; pl.: femurs or femora /ˈfɛmərə/), or thigh bone, is the only bone in the thigh — the region of the lower limb between the hip and...

vertical tubercle, the posterior tubercle. The anterior tubercle of the sixth cervical vertebra is known as the carotid tubercle or Chassaignac tubercle (for...

The adductor tubercle is a tubercle on the lower extremity of the femur. It is formed where the medial lips of the linea aspera end below at the summit...

the bone. Traction epiphyses ossify later than pressure epiphyses. Examples of traction epiphyses are tubercles of the humerus (greater tubercle and lesser...

The jugular tubercle (of occipital bone) is a rounded prominence: 568 /oval elevation upon the superior (i.e. internal) surface of the occipital condyle: 817 ...

The hyoid bone (lingual bone or tongue-bone) (/ˈhaɪɔɪd/) is a horseshoe-shaped bone situated in the anterior midline of the neck between the chin and...

small tubercles situated on either side of the digital extremity, and, passing upward, converge and meet some distance above the center of the bone and...

The phalanges /fəˈlændʒiːz/ (sg.: phalanx /ˈfælæŋks/) are digital bones in the hands and feet of most vertebrates. In primates, the thumbs and big toes...

ligament attaches to a small protuberance called the orbital tubercle. Each zygomatic bone is diamond-shaped and composed of three processes with similarly...

human body is categorized into long bone, short bone, flat bone, irregular bone and sesamoid bone. A long bone is one that is cylindrical in shape, being longer...

Each vertebra (pl.: vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column...