Femur
Intertrochanteric Line
ridge that meets the Greater Trochanter to the Lesser Trochanter. Anterior Surface of the base of the neck
Adductor tubercle
Rough protruding eminence
Head
Round Ball of proximal femur
Lesser Trochanter
Blunt prominent tubercle on the posterior femoral surface just inferior to the point where the neck joins the shaft. Inferior to the Greater Trochanter
Lateral Epicondyle
Is the convexity of the lateral condyle. It is a point of muscle attachment.
Medial Condyle
Large articular knob on the medial side of the distal femur. Its medial surface bulges away from the axis of the shaft
Greater Trochanter
Large, blunt, nonarticular prominence on the later, proximal part of the femur
Gluteal Line
is a long wide roughened posterolaterally placed feature that extends from the base of the greater trochanter to the lip of the linea aspera.
Patellar Surface
is a notched articular area on the anterior surface of the distal femur, over which the patella glides during flexion and extension of the knee. The lateral surface of this notch is elevated projecting more anteriorly than the medial boundary of the notch.
Medial Epicondyle
is the convexity of the medial side of the medial condyle.
Intertrochanteric Crest
is the elevated line on the posterior surface of the proximal femur between the greater and lesser trochanters
Lateral Condyle
is the large protruding articular knob on the lateral side of the distal femur. It is smaller than the medial condyle but higher.
Femoral shaft
is the long section between the expanded proximal and distal ends of the bone
Intercondylar Fossa
is the nonarticular depression between the distal and posterior articular surfaces of the condyles.
Trochanteric Fossa
is the pit in the posterior medial wall of the greater trochanter.
Popliteal surface
is the wide, flat, triangular area of the posterior, distal femur. Opposite of the Patella Surface
Fovea Capitis
small divet on head of femur
Neck
what connects the head of the femur to the shaft
