The greater trochanter of the femur is a large, irregular, quadrilateral eminence and a part of the skeletal system. It is directed lateral and medially...
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known to have three trochanters, though the anatomic "normal" includes only the greater and lesser trochanters. (The third trochanter is not present in...
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the hip joint capsule. Here the two trochanters, greater and lesser trochanter, are found. The greater trochanter is almost box-shaped and is the most...
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the greater trochanter, and gives an expansion to the capsule of the hip joint. A bursa is interposed between the tendon and the greater trochanter. Between...
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structures: Femoral head including the fovea Femur neck Greater trochanter Lesser trochanter Intertrochanteric line Intertrochanteric crest Trochanteric...
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origin upon the front surface of the sacrum, and inserts onto the greater trochanter of the femur. Depending upon the given position of the leg, it acts...
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insertion of the gluteus medius and gluteus minimus muscles into the greater trochanter of the femur and the femoral shaft. It has the function, in common...
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Humerus fracture (redirect from Fracture of the greater trochanter of the humerous)
A fracture of the greater tuberosity as seen on AP X ray A fracture of the greater tuberosity of the humerus Fracture of the greater tuberosity of the...
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extends between the lesser trochanter and the greater trochanter on the posterior surface of the femur. The lesser trochanter can be involved in an avulsion...
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strong flattened tendon that inserts on the lateral surface of the greater trochanter. More specifically, the muscle's tendon inserts into an oblique ridge...
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latae, or gluteus medius tendon slides back and forth across the greater trochanter. This normal action becomes a snapping hip syndrome when one of these...
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anterior to the gluteus maximus on the ilium and both insert on the greater trochanter of the femur. The tensor fasciae latae shares its origin with the...
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of the intertrochanteric line; the lower, anterior borders of the greater trochanter, to the outer border of the gluteal tuberosity, and the upper half...
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portion, end in a thick tendinous lamina, which passes across the greater trochanter, and inserts into the iliotibial band of the fascia lata; and the...
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obturator foramen, with muscle tendons and soft tissues overlying the greater trochanter of the femur. In adults, the three pelvic bones (ilium, ischium and...
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In mammals including humans, the medial surface of the greater trochanter has at its base a deep depression bounded posteriorly by the intertrochanteric...
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is a line from the anterior superior iliac spine to the top of the greater trochanter. its sides are formed respectively by: a vertical line from the anterior...
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the leg. These landmarks are the anterior superior iliac spine, the greater trochanter, the superior margin of the medial condyle of tibia, and the medial...
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portion, end in a thick tendinous lamina, which passes across the greater trochanter, and inserts into the iliotibial band of the fascia lata; the deeper...
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obturator muscle on the posterior surface. The tendon inserts on the greater trochanter of the proximal femur. The internal obturator muscle is supplied by...
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prolongations of the linea aspera of the femur, extending to the base of the greater trochanter. It serves as the principal insertion site for the gluteus maximus...
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either inserted into the region of the lesser trochanter (anterior or inner group) or the greater trochanter (posterior or outer group). Anteriorly, the...
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proximal end of the femur, extending between the lesser trochanter and the greater trochanter. It is a rough, variable ridge.[citation needed] The intertrochanteric...
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Liverpool), antero-lateral (Watson-Jones), anterior (Smith-Petersen) and greater trochanter osteotomy. The literature offers no compelling evidence for any particular...
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At or below the acetabulum of the ilium Insertion On or near the greater trochanter of the femur Artery Inferior gluteal artery, lateral sacral artery...
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very rough, and runs almost vertically upward to the base of the greater trochanter. It gives attachment to part of the gluteus maximus: its upper part...
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symptoms) include pudendal nerve entrapment, ischiofemoral impingement, greater trochanter ischial impingement, and ischial tunnel syndrome. Diagnosing deep...
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traumatic (due to improper healing of a fracture between the greater and lesser trochanter). Shepherd's Crook deformity is a severe form of coxa vara where...
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characters: reduced or absent olecranon process of the ulna, greater trochanter and cranial trochanter of the femur fused into a trochanteric crest. An elongated...
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occurs when the injuring force is applied from the side, against the greater trochanter of the femur, as in a fall on the side or being hit on the side. This...
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