- 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...
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larger than in the male,
there is a
greater distance between the
greater trochanters in the female. It has two
surfaces and four borders. It is a traction...
- is
called the
third trochanter in
reference to the
greater and
lesser trochanters that are
always present on the femur. Its
function is to
provide an attachment...
- In
human anatomy, the
lesser trochanter is a conical, posteromedial, bony
projection from the
shaft of the femur. It
serves as the prin****l insertion...
- the hip
joint capsule. Here the two
trochanters,
greater and
lesser trochanter, are found. The
greater trochanter is
almost box-shaped and is the most...
- The
fourth trochanter is a
shared characteristic common to archosaurs. It is a ****-like
feature on the posterior-medial side of the
middle of the femur...
- may be
confused with
terms for bones: coxa (meaning hip, pl.: coxae),
trochanter,
femur (pl.: femora),
tibia (pl.: tibiae),
tarsus (pl.: tarsi), ischium...
-
Adeuomphalus trochanter is a
species of sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusc un****igned to
family in the
superfamily Seguenzioidea. Warén &
Bouchet (2001)...
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origin upon the
front surface of the sacrum, and
inserts onto the
greater trochanter of the femur.
Depending upon the
given position of the leg, it acts either...
- A
humerus fracture is a
break of the
humerus bone in the
upper arm.
Symptoms may
include pain, swelling, and bruising.
There may be a
decreased ability...
