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.
Additional images
 Right femur. Posterior surface. |
 Right hip-joint from the front. |
 Capsule of hip-joint (distended). Posterior aspect. |
External links
- SUNY Figs 13:01-11
- Norman/Georgetown lljoints (hipjointanterior, hipjointposterior)
- Lesser+trochanter at eMedicine Dictionary
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