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Meaning of "trochanter"
trochanter (noun) - a large bony projection located at the upper part of the femur, serving as a point of attachment for muscles
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- In vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur near the hip joint, not including the head or neck.
- In some arthropods, the second segment of the leg, between the coxa and the femur.
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Fracture of the third trochanter of the femur is a.
Bone fractured distal to the greater trochanter.
The trochanter resembles the screw.
They insert on the greater trochanter of the femur.
The third trochanter is not present in all specimens.
Its function is similar to that of a trochanter.
The fourth trochanter was large and projected backwards.
You have clearly suffered trauma to your greater trochanter.
The fourth trochanter is a shared characteristic common to archosaurs.
They will guide the needle to the greater trochanter.
A clear fourth trochanter is present more.
The trochanter can be posterior or anterior to the transverse axis.
This bony point is best known as the greater trochanter.
The fourth trochanter is pendent.
It starts at the wing of the ilium and extends to the trochanter.
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The lesser trochanter is intact.
A bursa is interposed between the tendon and the greater trochanter.
Greater trochanter and attach to various aspects of the sacrum.
The tendon inserts on the greater trochanter of the proximal femur.
The fourth trochanter is pendant and located in a rather high position.
Smok and theropods also have an anterior trochanter on the femur.
Greater trochanter of femur.
The neck ends at the greater and lesser trochanter prominences.
An intertrochanteric fracture can occur in conjunction with a greater trochanter fracture.
The rear face is curved to conform to the surface of a greater trochanter.
The greater trochanter should be contained within the proper prominence.
It is removed by cutting from the patella to the greater trochanter of the femur.
The greater trochanter is a bony prominence on the outside of the hip.
It starts at the base of the greater trochanter and ends at the patella.
The lesser trochanter is nearly at the level of the third trochanter.
The iliopsoas muscle inserts into the lesser trochanter of the femur.
The lesser trochanter in dinosaurs is not homologous to the lesser trochanter of mammals.
The movement ends when the major trochanter is positioned more prominently.
A greater trochanter fracture most commonly occurs as part of an intertrochanteric fracture pattern.
An avulsion fracture of the greater trochanter can occur as a result of gluteus medius.
The screw is designed to pass from the greater to the lesser trochanter.
At the front base of the lesser trochanter a low accessory trochanter is present.
It starts at the lateral surface of the ischium and ends in the middle trochanter.
The lesser trochanter of each bone touched the surface of the plate.
The prosthesis is configured to be mounted over the greater trochanter or femoral neck.
The observation of the lesser trochanter helps to distinguish between these two types.
The humerus still has a distinct head but not yet a dorsal trochanter.
On the thighbone the lesser trochanter has a robust ridge on its outer side.
Distally the coxa bears an anterior and a posterior articulation with the trochanter.
The greater trochanter is the bony prominence along the side of the hip.
You have clearly suffered trauma to your greater trochanter and sacrospinal ligaments.
The greater trochanter serves as the site of attachment for the abductor muscles.
The two basal segments preceding the femur are the coxa and trochanter.
I imagine the injury to your left greater trochanter and femoral head was caused by a beating.
These can develop in the tendons that attach the muscles to the trochanter.
