L4.3.2.3: Projection: Joints Formation

• Projections that help to form joints

  • head
  • facet
  • condyle
  • ramus
• Head

  ● Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck
• Facet

  ● Smooth, nearly flat articular surface
• Condyle

  ● Rounded articular projection
• Ramus

  ● Armlike bar of bone