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  2. Linea aspera - Wikipedia

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    Above, the linea aspera is prolonged by three ridges. The lateral ridge is very rough, and runs almost vertically upward to the base of the greater trochanter.It is termed the gluteal tuberosity, and gives attachment to part of the gluteus maximus: its upper part is often elongated into a roughened crest, on which a more or less well-marked, rounded tubercle, the third trochanter, is ...

  3. Body of femur - Wikipedia

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    Above, the linea aspera is prolonged by three ridges. The lateral ridge termed the gluteal tuberosity is 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 is often elongated into a roughened crest, on which a more or less well-marked, rounded ...

  4. Gluteal tuberosity - Wikipedia

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    The gluteal tuberosity is the lateral prolongation of three prolongations of the linea aspera that extending superior-ward from the superior extremity of the linea aspera [1] on the posterior surface of the femur. [2] The gluteal tuberosity takes the form of either an elongated depression [3] or a rough ridge.

  5. Femur - Wikipedia

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    Medial ridge of linea aspera and the adductor tubercle: Vastus lateralis muscle: Origin: Greater trochanter and lateral ridge of linea aspera: Vastus intermedius muscle: Origin: Front and lateral surface of femur Vastus medialis muscle: Origin: Distal part of intertrochanteric line and medial ridge of linea aspera: Short head of biceps femoris ...

  6. Vastus lateralis muscle - Wikipedia

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    The vastus lateralis muscle arises from several areas of the femur, including the upper part of the intertrochanteric line; the lower, anterior borders of the greater trochanter, to the outer border of the gluteal tuberosity, and the upper half of the outer border of the linea aspera.

  7. Linea (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Línea Spanish customary units; Anatomy. Linea alba (abdomen), fibrous structure that runs down the midline of the abdomen; Linea alba (cheek), horizontal streak on the mucosal surface of the cheek; Linea aspera, ridge of roughened surface on the posterior aspect of the femur; Linea nigra, dark vertical line that appears on the abdomen during ...

  8. Vastus muscles - Wikipedia

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    The vastus lateralis is the largest and most powerful of the three vasti muscles. It arises from the several areas of the femur, including the upper part of the intertrochanteric line; the lower, anterior borders of the greater trochanter, to the outer border of the gluteal tuberosity, and the upper half of the outer border of the linea aspera.

  9. Perforating arteries - Wikipedia

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    They pass backward near the linea aspera of the femur underneath the small tendinous arches of the adductor magnus muscle. The first perforating artery arises from the deep artery of the thigh above the adductor brevis , the second in front of this muscle, and the third immediately below it.