Condyle
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| Condyle | |
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| File:Gray257.png Upper surface of right tibia. | |
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| Latin | condylus |
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| Anatomical terms of bone [[[d:Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 865: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|edit on Wikidata]]] | |
A condyle (/ˈkɒndɪl, -daɪl/;[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.
Condyle may also be used to describe an intrusion of the endocarp into the seed cavity of flowering plants like Abuta.
References
[edit | edit source]- File:Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg The dictionary definition of condyle at Wiktionary
- ^ OED 2nd edition, 1989.
- ^ Entry "condyle" in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.
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