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Condyle
Upper surface of right tibia.
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Identifiers
Latin	condylus
TA98	A02.0.00.029
FMA	75434
Anatomical terms of bone [edit on Wikidata]

A condyle (/ˈkɒndɪl, -daɪl/; 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:
  • Medial condyle
  • Lateral condyle
• On the tibia, in the knee joint:
  • Medial condyle
  • Lateral condyle
• 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:
  • Occipital condyles

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※

• The dictionary definition of condyle at Wiktionary

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