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