Intertrochanteric line

Running obliquely downward and medialward from the tubercle of the femur is the intertrochanteric line (spiral line of the femur); it winds around the medial side of the body of the bone, below the lesser trochanter, and ends about 5 cm. below this eminence in the linea aspera.


 * Its upper half is rough, and affords attachment to the iliofemoral ligament of the hip-joint.


 * Its lower half is less prominent, and gives origin to the upper part of the Vastus medialis.