Lesser trochanter

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Bone: Lesser trochanter

Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis.

Upper extremity of right femur viewed from behind and above.
Latin	trochanter minor
Gray's	subject #59 245

The Lesser Trochanter (small trochanter) of the femur is a conical eminence, which varies in size in different subjects; it projects from the lower and back part of the base of the neck.

From its apex three well-marked borders extend; two of these are above—a medial continuous with the lower border of the neck, a lateral with the intertrochanteric crest; the inferior border is continuous with the middle division of the linea aspera.

The summit of the trochanter is rough, and gives insertion to the tendon of the Psoas major.

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Right hip-joint from the front.

Capsule of hip-joint (distended). Posterior aspect.

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SUNY Figs 13:01-11

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