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TROCHANTER MINOR [1 record]

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Record 1 2023-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
trochanter minor
Latin
CONT

The lesser trochanter is smaller than the greater trochanter and has a blunt conical shape. It projects posteromedially from the shaft of the femur just inferior to the junction with the neck ... It is the attachment site for the combined tendons of psoas major and iliacus muscles.

OBS

lesser trochanter; trochanter minor: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
trochanter minor
Latin
OBS

petit trochanter : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

trochanter minor : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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