Quadrate line

Quadrate line
Upper extremity of right femur viewed from behind and above.
Details
Latin	linea quadrata
Identifiers
Gray's	p.246
Dorlands /Elsevier	l_10/12495639
Anatomical terms of bone

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.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Bones of the human leg

Femur

upper extremity	head fovea neck greater trochanter fossa lesser trochanter intertrochanteric line intertrochanteric crest quadrate tubercle

body	linea aspera gluteal tuberosity / third trochanter pectineal line

lower extremity	adductor tubercle patellar surface epicondyles lateral medial condyles lateral medial intercondylar fossa

Tibia

upper extremity	Gerdy's tubercle condyles lateral medial intercondylar area posterior anterior intercondylar eminence lateral tubercle medial tubercle

body	tuberosity soleal line

lower extremity	medial malleolus Anterior colliculus fibular notch

Fibula

head
body
lateral malleolus

Other

patella
- apex

Foot

Tarsus	calcaneus sustentaculum tali trochlear process talus navicular cuboid cuneiform medial intermediate lateral

Metatarsals	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Other	Phalanges

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