tuberosity
a rough projection or protuberance of a bone, as for the attachment of a muscle.
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How to use tuberosity in a sentence
The dorsal (oblique) ligament is attached above to the distal tuberosity on the inner side of the tibia.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixIn fractures of the angle of the ilium and the ischial tuberosity, perceptible evidence always exists.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixTrochiter, trok′i-tėr, n. the greater tuberosity of the humerus, admitting several of the muscles of the shoulders.
At its posterior end externally it bears a rather prominent roughened ischial tuberosity (fig. 78, A, 10).
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe great tuberosity is always large and often overhangs the bicipital groove, it is especially large in Titanotherium (Brontops).
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
British Dictionary definitions for tuberosity
/ (ˌtjuːbəˈrɒsɪtɪ) /
any protuberance on a bone, esp for the attachment of a muscle or ligament
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