Intertrochanteric line

Intertrochanteric line

Infobox Bone
Name = Intertrochanteric line
Latin = linea intertrochanterica
GraySubject = 59
GrayPage = 245


Caption = Right hip-joint from the front. (Intertrochanteric line labeled at bottom left.)


Caption2 = Right femur. Anterior surface. (Intertrochanteric line visible near top, as diagonal line below neck.)
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DorlandsPre = l_10
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The intertrochanteric line (or "spiral line of the femur"White (2005), p 256] ) is a line located on the anterior side of the head of the femur.

The rough, variable ridge stretches between the lesser trochanter and the greater trochanter forming the base of the neck of the femur, roughly following the direction of the shaft of the femur. The iliofemoral ligament — the largest ligament of the human body — attaches above the line which also strengthen the capsule of the hip joint. The lower half, less prominent than the upper half, gives origin to the upper part of the Vastus medialis.

Just like the intertrochanteric crest on the posterior side of the femural head, the intertrochanteric line mark the transition between the femural neck and shaft.Platzer (2004), p 192]

The distal capsular attachment on the femur follows the shape of the irregular rim between the head and the neck. As a consequence, the capsule of the hip joint attaches in the region of the intertrochanteric line on the anterior side, but a finger away from the intertrochanteric crest on the posterior side of the head.Platzer (2004), pp 192, 198]

The fibers of the ischiocapsular ligament attaches both on the joint capsule and to the intertrochanteric line.

Notes

References

* cite book
title = Color Atlas of Human Anatomy, Vol 1: Locomotor system
first = Werner | last = Platzer
edition = 5th | publisher = Thieme
isbn = 3-13-533305-1 | year = 2004 (ISBN for the Americas 1-58890-159-9.)
* cite book
url = http://books.google.se/books?id=ctMRLv6oA8wC&pg=PA256
title = The Human Bone Manual
first = White | last = Timothy D. | coauthors = Pieter A. Folkens
publisher = Academic Press | year = 2005
isbn = 0120884674 | accessdate = 2008-10-11

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