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trochanter
The top segment of each leg, the femur, is attached to a small part called the trochanter.
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The fourth trochanter provides a large site for the attachment of muscles on the femur.
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It can make a popping noise when it slips over the greater trochanter, the bony projection I mentioned.
From the stltoday.com
The hip's bony point is called the greater trochanter.
From the sltrib.com
The depression over great trochanter is generally omitted.
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Inside the coxa and on the outer surface of the trochanter, Riedel found ridges just like those on screws and nuts.
From the newscientist.com
Her greater trochanter, however, was clearly derived, being short and human-like rather taller than the femoral head.
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The lesser trochanter is a unique development of mammals, which lack both the internal and fourth trochanters.
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In these studies, significant increases or favorable trends in BMD for combined therapy compared with HRT alone were seen at the total hip, femoral neck, and trochanter.
From the online.wsj.com
- One of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached
- (Trochanters) The tops of the thigh bones-a high-risk point for pressure sores when lying down.
- The second outermost leg/pedipalp segment.
- The second segment of the insect leg, between the coxa and femur.
- Second of eight leg parts of a spider; second of six leg parts in insects
- Trokhos is the Greek word for a wheel a wheel. The spherical femoral head came to be known as trokhanter. Sometime later the meaning slid down to include the neck and became the word to describe the part that we nowadays know as the trochanter.
- Second segment of a leg that articulates basally with the coxa and apically with the femur. [drawing][photo]
- The flexible segment between the femur and coxa that give the legs their range of motion.
- A broad, prominent process on the proximolateral portion of the femur.
