Intertrochanteric line
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| Intertrochanteric line | |
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| Right hip-joint from the front. (Intertrochanteric line labeled at bottom left.) | |
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| Right femur. Anterior surface. (Intertrochanteric line visible near top, as diagonal line below neck.) | |
| Latin | linea intertrochanterica |
| Gray's | subject #59 245 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_10/12496187 |
Running obliquely downward and medialward from the tubercle of the femur is the intertrochanteric line (spiral line of the femur); it winds around the medial side of the body of the bone, below the lesser trochanter, and ends about 5 cm. below this eminence in the linea aspera.
- Its upper half is rough, and affords attachment to the iliofemoral ligament of the hip-joint.
- Its lower half is less prominent, and gives origin to the upper part of the Vastus medialis.
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