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  2. Trochanter - Wikipedia

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    A trochanter is a tubercle of the femur near its joint with the hip bone. In humans and most mammals , the trochanters serve as important muscle attachment sites. Humans have two, sometimes three , trochanters.

  3. Greater trochanter - Wikipedia

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    Greater trochanter is labeled at right. The greater trochanter of the femur is a large, irregular, quadrilateral eminence and a part of the skeletal system. It is directed lateral and medially and slightly posterior. In the adult it is about 2–4 cm lower than the femoral head. [1]

  4. Lesser trochanter - Wikipedia

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    The lesser trochanter is a conical posteromedial projection of the shaft of the femur, projecting from the posteroinferior aspect of its junction with the femoral neck. [1] The summit and anterior surface of the lesser trochanter are rough, whereas its posterior surface is smooth. [1] From its apex three well-marked borders extend: [2]

  5. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    lesser trochanter, linea aspera: obturator artery: femoral nerve and obturator nerve (medial compartment) [12] adducts and flexes hip [12] gluteus medius, gluteus minimus: 2 1 adductor brevis: Lower limb, Thigh/Hip, Medial compartment (adductor muscles) anterior surface of inferior pubic ramus [12] lesser trochanter and linea aspera of femur ...

  6. Third trochanter - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the third trochanter is a bony projection occasionally present on the proximal femur near the superior border of the gluteal tuberosity. When present, it is oblong, rounded, or conical in shape and sometimes continuous with the gluteal ridge. It generally occurs bilaterally without significant side to side dimorphism.

  7. Arthropod leg - Wikipedia

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    The trochanter articulates with the coxa but usually is attached rigidly to the femur. In some insects, its appearance may be confusing; for example it has two subsegments in the Odonata. In parasitic Hymenoptera, the base of the femur has the appearance of a second trochanter.

  8. Femur - Wikipedia

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    Here the two trochanters, greater and lesser trochanter, are found. The greater trochanter is almost box-shaped and is the most lateral prominent of the femur. The highest point of the greater trochanter is located higher than the collum and reaches the midpoint of the hip joint. The greater trochanter can easily be felt.

  9. Linea aspera - Wikipedia

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    Above, the linea aspera is prolonged by three ridges. The lateral ridge is very rough, and runs almost vertically upward to the base of the greater trochanter.It is termed the gluteal tuberosity, and gives attachment to part of the gluteus maximus: its upper part is often elongated into a roughened crest, on which a more or less well-marked, rounded tubercle, the third trochanter, is ...