Condyle
| Condyle | |
|---|---|
 Upper surface of right tibia. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | condylus |
| TA98 | A02.0.00.029 |
| FMA | 75434 |
| Anatomical terms of bone | |
A condyle (, 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:
- Mandibular condyle
- On the occipital bone, in the atlanto-occipital joint:
Although not generally termed condyles, 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
The dictionary definition of condyle at Wiktionary
- OED2nd edition, 1989.
- ^ Entry "condyle" in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.
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