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TROCHANTER [3 records]

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Record 1 2008-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

One of two processes near the head of the femur the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter.

OBS

The second segment of the leg, between coxa and femur: often very small and easily overlooked.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Chacune des deux apophyses du fémur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Huesos y articulaciones
DEF

Nombre de dos eminencias óseas del fémur, donde se unen los músculos que hacen girar el muslo.

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Record 2 1977-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

(...) the second segment counting from the base of the leg of an insect that is usu. small and short and in some insects consists of two or rarely of several distinct parts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Les métamères 2 à 16 [d'un Myriapode] portent chacun une paire de pattes ambulatoires courtes, simples, formées d'une série de 7 articles (hanche, trochanter [...])

Spanish

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Record 3 1977-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

Each of the six legs of a honeybee is made up of two basal segments, the coxa and the trochanter. Connected to the trochanter is a long segment, the femur.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

Une manière de rotule, appelée trochanter (...), articule la hanche sur la cuisse ou fémur (...) et lui permet de tourner en tous sens.

Spanish

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