Lesser trochanter

Lesser trochanter

Infobox Bone
Name = Lesser trochanter
Latin = trochanter minor
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Caption = Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis.


Caption2 = Upper extremity of right femur viewed from behind and above.
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MusclesInsertions = Psoas major
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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 femur neck.

From its apex three well-marked borders extend:
* two of these are above
** a medial continuous with the lower border of the femur 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.


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