Linea quadrata

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Bone: Linea quadrata
Upper extremity of right femur viewed from behind and above.
Right femur. Anterior surface.
Gray's	subject #59 246
Dorlands/Elsevier	l_10/12495639

A slight ridge is sometimes seen commencing about the middle of the intertrochanteric crest, and reaching vertically downward for about 5 cm. along the back part of the body: it is called the linea quadrata (or quadrate line), and gives attachment to the Quadratus femoris and a few fibers of the Adductor magnus.

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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