Lateral condyle of femur

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Bone: Lateral condyle of femur
Lower extremity of right femur viewed from below.
Left knee-joint from behind, showing interior ligaments.
Latin	c. lateralis femoris
Gray's	subject #59 247
Dorlands/Elsevier	c_51/12254688

The lateral condyle is one of the two projections on the lower extremity of femur. It is the more prominent and is the broader both in its antero-posterior and transverse diameters.

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Knee diagram

Right knee-joint, from the front, showing interior ligaments.

Muscles of the back of the leg. Deep layer.

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femur: head of femur (fovea capitis femoris) - neck of femur - greater trochanter - trochanteric fossa - lesser trochanter - tubercle of the femur - intertrochanteric line - intertrochanteric crest - linea quadrata - body of femur (linea aspera, third trochanter, pectineal line, adductor tubercle) - lower extremity of femur (lateral condyle, medial condyle, lateral epicondyle, medial epicondyle, patellar surface) patella tibia: upper extremity - medial condyle - lateral condyle - intercondyloid eminence - tuberosity of the tibia - posterior intercondyloid fossa - anterior intercondyloid fossa body of tibia - soleal line - lower extremity - medial malleolus fibula: head of fibula - body of fibula - lateral malleolus tarsus: calcaneus (sustentaculum tali, trochlear process) - talus - cuboid - medial cuneiform - intermediate - lateral metatarsus: 1st metatarsal - 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5th phalanges of the foot