* Based on shape and size 
     * Long bone 
       * More similar to a body 
          * Humerus , arm bone , power bone , strength bone
          * femur , thigh bone , 
       * More similar to pillar 
          * Tibia , radius , pillar bone , weight bone , shinbone   
       * Shaped like an s 
          *  Clavicle , collar bone , horizontal bone 
       * Shaped like a screw 
          * Ulna , screw bone , snake bone  
       * Very slender almost like a stick 
          * Fibula , stick bone , calf bone 
     * Short bones 
       * Resembling a curved shape like a boat or moon 
          * Scaphoid , lunate , navicular , 
          * hyoid , tongue bone , u bone 
          * palatine bone , mouth roof bone   
       * Resembling a solid 4 sided structure 
          * Trapezium , trapezoid , cuboid 
       * Resembling a wedge 
          * Cuneiform , wedge bone 
       * Resembling a three sided structure 
          * Triquetral , vomer 
       * Resembling a hook 
          * Hamate , hook bone
       * resembling a solid bar 
       * phalanges , talus 
     * Flat bones 
       *  Resembling a cup shaped structure 
          * Frontal bone , parietal bone , head roof bone , forehead bone   
       * Resembling a flat triangular plate like 
          * Scapula , shoulder blade
       * Resembling a flat ribbon like 
          * Ribs , ribbon bone 
       * Resembling a flat sword like structure 
          * Sternum , chest blade ,  
     * Irregular but resembling a natural shape 
       * Resembling a bird 
          * Sphenoid , bird bone , bat bone , wing bone 
       * Resembling a bike handle 
          * Mandible , upper jaw bone , L bone 
       * Resembling a chicken head 
          * Temporal bone , sound bone , 
       * Resembling a Christmas tree 
          * Sacrum , coccyx , tail bone , sacred bone , 
       * Resembling a curved flat and irregular 
          * Pelvic bone 
          * pubic bone , sex bone 
          * ischium , sit bone 
          * ilium , haunch bone 


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  * A convex projection from a surface either
     * convex and round
        * Epicondyle 
            * Medial epicondyle , lateral epicondyle ,
        * Condyle 
            * occipital condyle ,  medial condyle , 
     * Convex but irregular 
        * Either on sides 
            * Tubercle 
                 *  articular tubercle , rib tubercle , greater tubercle , lesser tubercle, pubic tubercle , iliac tubercle , adductor tubercle , conoid tubercle, infra glenoid tubercle 
            * Tuberosity 
                 * delotid tuberosity , ischial tuberosity , radial tuberosity , ulnar tuberosity 
            * Trochanter  
                 * greater trochanter , lesser trochanter 
        * Or in middle 
            * Intertubercular eminence , median eminence
     * Straight but blunt
        * mastoid proces , coracoid process , styloid process , odontoid process , transverse process , spinous process
     * straight and sharp
        * Spine 
            * spinous process , spine of scapula , anterior or posterior iliac spine , ischial spine 
     * more curved 
        * acromion process 
     * Promontory

  * A depressed or concave superficies which can either accomodate a small or large part
     * more larger 
        * Glenoid cavity , acetabulum , 
        * Fossa 
           * pterygopalatine fossa ,mandibular fossa , supraspinous fossa , infraspinous fossa , coronoid fossa , cranial fossa , radial fossa , olecranon fossa 
     * More smaller 
        *  Notch 
           * radial notch , sternal notch , suprascapular notch , ulnar notch , trochlear notch , fibular notch
     * more elongated in size 
        * Groove 
           * radial groove , intertubercular groove , bicipital groove , mylohyoid groove , costal groove , subclavian groove
        * Sulcus 
           * Radial sulcus , intertubercular sulcus 
  
  * Edges of  superficies either sharp or blunt 
     * Crest 
        * iliac crest , pubic crest 
     * Ridge 
        * supracondylar ridge 
     * Linea 
        * linea aspera , mylohyoid line , trapezoid line

  * Structure or body of bone being divided in to 
    * Upper 
      * Head of bone / epiphysis 
      * Neck / metaphysis
    * Middle 
      * Shaft/ diaphysis 
    * Lower 
      * Lower end