Condyle
Round prominence at the end of a bone
Condyle | |
---|---|
Upper surface of right tibia.
|
|
Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | condylus |
TA98 | A02.0.00.029 |
FMA | 75434 |
Anatomical terms of bone
[
edit on Wikidata
]
|
For other uses, see
Condyle (disambiguation)
.
A condyle ( / ˈ k ɒ n d ɪ l , - d aɪ l / ; [1] [2] Latin : condylus , from Greek : kondylos ; κόνδυλος knuckle) is the round prominence at the end of a bone , most often part of a joint – an articulation with another bone. It is one of the markings or features of bones, and can refer to:
- On the femur , in the knee joint:
- On the tibia , in the knee joint:
-
On the
humerus
, in the
elbow
joint:
- Condyle of humerus (Condylus humeri)
- On the mandible , in the temporomandibular joint :
- On the occipital bone , in the atlanto-occipital joint :
Although not generally termed condyles, the trochlea and capitulum of the humerus act as condyles in the elbow , and the femur head acts as a condyle in the hip joint.
Cartilage | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bone |
|
References
- ↑ OED 2nd edition, 1989.
- ↑ Entry "condyle" in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary .
This human musculoskeletal system article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . |