Lesser trochanter
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| Bone: Lesser trochanter | ||
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| Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis. | ||
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| Upper extremity of right femur viewed from behind and above. | ||
| Latin | trochanter minor | |
| Gray's | subject #59 245 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | t_20/12824961 | |
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.
[edit] Additional images
 Right femur. Posterior surface. |
 Right hip-joint from the front. |
 Capsule of hip-joint (distended). Posterior aspect. |
[edit] External links
- SUNY Figs 13:01-11
- Norman/Georgetown lljoints (hipjointanterior, hipjointposterior)
- Dictionary at eMedicine Lesser+trochanter
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