intertrochanteric crest (trochanteric crest)

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Introduction

The rounded ridge that connects the greater & lesser trochanters of the femur posteriorly.

  • marks the junction of the neck & shaft of the bone

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.