lesser trochanter
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Introduction
A pyramidal process projecting from the medial & proximal part of the shaft of the femur at the line of the junction of the shaft & the neck. It receives the insertion of the psoas major & iliacus (iliopsoas) muscles.
More general terms
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995