- tubercle, such as the
posterior surface of the
greater trochanter or the neck of the femur. In a
small anatomical study it was
shown that the
epiphyseal line...
- structures:
Femoral head
including the
fovea Femur neck
Greater trochanter Lesser trochanter Intertrochanteric line
Intertrochanteric crest Trochanteric fossa...
- The
fourth trochanter is a
shared characteristic common to archosaurs. It is a
protrusion on the posterior-medial side of the
middle of the
femur shaft...
- may be
confused with
terms for bones: coxa (meaning hip, pl.: coxae),
trochanter,
femur (pl.: femora),
tibia (pl.: tibiae),
tarsus (pl.: tarsi), ischium...
-
greater trochanter, and
gives an
expansion to the
capsule of the hip joint. A
bursa is
interposed between the
tendon and the
greater trochanter. Between...
- femur) is
still made of
cartilage (but
there may be a
small piece of bone in the
great trochanter of the femur); this
makes it
difficult to
detect congenital...
- In
mammals including humans, the
medial surface of the
greater trochanter has at its base a deep
depression bounded posteriorly by the intertrochanteric...
- The
lateral rotator group is a
group of six
small muscles of the hip
which all
externally (laterally)
rotate the
femur in the hip joint. It
consists of...
-
morphology they are not jointed, and so lack the five
segments (coxa,
trochanter, femur, tibia, tarsus) of
thoracic insect legs.
Prolegs do have limited...
-
proximal part of
femur specifically from the
anterior part of the
greater trochanter. The
muscle lies
anterior to the
vastus intermedius but deep to the rectus...
