Upper extremity of right femur viewed from behind and above. (Intertrochanteric crest labeled at right.)
Capsule of hip-joint (distended). Posterior aspect. (Intertrochanteric crest labeled at bottom right.)
Details
Identifiers
Latin
crista intertrochanterica
TA98
A02.5.04.010
TA2
1369
FMA
75100
Anatomical terms of bone
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The intertrochanteric crest is a prominent bony ridge upon the posterior surface of the femur at the junction of the neck and the shaft of the femur. It extends between the greater trochanter superiorly, and the lesser trochanter inferiorly.
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The intertrochantericcrest is a prominent bony ridge upon the posterior surface of the femur at the junction of the neck and the shaft of the femur....
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slight ridge is sometimes seen commencing about the middle of the intertrochantericcrest, and reaching vertically downward for about 5 cm. along the back...
point of insertion of the quadratus femoris muscle, along with the intertrochantericcrest and the linea quadrata. The quadrate tubercle is located about...
front, to the intertrochanteric line; above, to the base of the neck; behind, to the neck, about 1.25 cm. above the intertrochantericcrest; below, to the...
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posterior side of the head of the femur: the quadrate tubercle on the intertrochantericcrest and along the quadrate line, the vertical line which runs downward...
trochanter has at its base a deep depression bounded posteriorly by the intertrochantericcrest, called the trochanteric fossa. This fossa is the point of insertion...
one-third of the femoral neck, one finger breadth away from the intertrochantericcrest. From its attachment at the femoral neck, the fibres of the capsule...
continuous with the lower border of the femur neck a lateral with the intertrochantericcrest the inferior border is continuous with the middle division of the...
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the intertrochanteric fossa. On the distal edge of this fossa, there was an intertrochantericcrest which connected the two trochanters. This crest is...
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gives attachment to the pectineus; the medial ridge is lost in the intertrochanteric line; between these two a portion of the iliacus is inserted. Below...
the shaft, symmetrical nature, and lack of an intertrochanteric fossa. The caudofemoralis attachment crest first separated from the femoral head in the...
attachment to the pectineus muscle; the medial ridge is lost in the intertrochanteric line; between the intermediate and medial ridges a portion of the...
similarly arranged gluteal, pectineal and intertrochanteric lines around the hip joint. Nonetheless, the intertrochanteric line is much more defined in OH 80...
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condyle with which it merges to form a single support structure. The intertrochanteric fossa is much more developed mediolaterally than anteroposteriorly...
more or less halfway between the proximal and distal ends of the intertrochanteric fossa, while in A. greeni it is located near the distal end of the...
archosaurs since, according to Gower and Sennikov (2000), it has no intertrochanteric fossa and a low fourth trochanter. Furthermore, the femur has a groove...