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A trochanter is a tubercle of the femur near its joint with the hip bone. In humans and most mammals, the trochanters serve as important muscle attachment sites. Humans are known to have three trochanters, though the anatomic "normal" includes only the greater and lesser trochanters.
Greater trochanter is the cuboid bone prominence, very flattened transversally, located outside and slightly below the articular head. Its external face, convex, is the crest of the median gluteus, where this muscle is inserted. The inner face, on the other hand, is vertically excavated.
The lateral and larger of the two apophyses is the greater trochanter; its proximal edge is roughly a hand’s breadth inferior to the pubic tubercle on the pubis. The great trochanter is roughly quadrangular and extends from the superior aspect of the junction of the neck and shaft of the femur.
The greater trochanter of femur is a prominent, palpable bony projection located on the upper lateral aspect of the proximal femur and can be felt on the upper lateral side of the thigh. It extends superolaterally from the junction of the neck and shaft of the femur, which is marked by the intertrochanteric line.
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 and slightly posterior. In the adult it is about 2–4 cm lower than the femoral head. [1]
Greater trochanter – the most lateral palpable projection of bone that originates from the anterior aspect, just lateral to the neck. It is the site of attachment for many of the muscles in the gluteal region, such as gluteus medius, gluteus minimus and piriformis.
There are also two prominent bony protrusions, the greater and lesser trochanter, that attach to muscles that move the hip and knee. The angle between the neck and shaft, also known as the inclination angle, is about 128 degrees in the average adult.
The greater trochanter is the large, blunt, quadrilateral eminence on the proximal end of the femur. It projects superiorly from the superior aspect of the junction between the neck and body of femur.
The lesser trochanter of the femur is a rounded apophysis projecting from the posteromedial part of the junction of the shaft and neck of the femur. It has a rough apex and anterior surface, whilst the posterior surface is smooth.
The greater trochanter is a four-sided bony prominence located at the upper part of the femur, where the neck meets the shaft. Its upper-posterior surface extends posteromedially and extends over the posterior aspect of the femoral neck.