eminence

A circumscribed area raised above the surrounding area, especially on a bony surface.

Specific

arcuate eminence collateral eminence hypothenar eminence intercondylar eminence; intercondyloid eminence; spinous process of tibia median eminence of brainstem median eminence of hypothalamus parietal eminence/tubercle thenar eminence

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999