Back مدور صغير Arabic Trocànter menor Catalan Trochanter minor German Trocánter menor Spanish Trokanter txiki Basque Petit trochanter French Krętarz mniejszy Polish
| Lesser trochanter | |
|---|---|
 Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis. | |
 Upper extremity of right femur viewed from behind and above. | |
| Details | |
| Insertions | Psoas major, iliacus |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | trochanter minor |
| TA98 | A02.5.04.007 |
| TA2 | 1366 |
| FMA | 32853 |
| Anatomical terms of bone | |
In human anatomy, the lesser trochanter is a conical, posteromedial, bony projection from the shaft of the femur. It serves as the principal insertion site of the iliopsoas muscle.[1]
- ^ Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice. Susan Standring (Forty-second ed.). [New York]. 2021. p. 1362. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.
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