Thigh

Bones in the Thigh region

20 entries

All Types 20 Muscles 42 Bones 20 Tendons 15 Ligaments 1 Nerves 19 Vessels 16 Fascia & Spaces 21 Clinical Maps 5

20 entries · Bones

Bone Adductor Tubercle tuberculum adductorium femoris Thigh The adductor tubercle is a small bony prominence on the superomedial aspect of the medial femoral…

Bone Femoral Intercondylar Notch fossa intercondylaris femoris Thigh The femoral intercondylar notch is the horseshoe-shaped depression between the medial and lateral femoral condyles on…

Bone Femoral Neck collum femoris Thigh The femoral neck connects the femoral head to the shaft at the neck-shaft angle (normally 120…

Bone Femoral Shaft corpus femoris Thigh The femoral shaft (diaphysis) is the cylindrical long bone segment between the lesser trochanter and the…

Bone Femoral Trochlear Groove sulcus trochlearis femoris Thigh The femoral trochlea is the anterior articular surface of the distal femur that articulates with the…

Bone Femur os femoris Thigh The femur is the longest, heaviest, and strongest bone in the body, forming the thigh between…

Bone Fovea Capitis Femoris fovea capitis femoris Thigh The fovea capitis is a small pit just below and behind the centre of the femoral…

Bone Gluteal Tuberosity tuberositas glutea Thigh The gluteal tuberosity is a broad, rough ridge on the posterior surface of the upper femoral…

Bone Greater Trochanter trochanter major femoris Thigh The greater trochanter is the large bony prominence at the proximal lateral femur, serving as the…

Bone Greater Trochanter Facets trochanterum majus (facies) Thigh The greater trochanter has four distinct facets for rotator cuff-like insertions of the hip abductor and…

Bone Lateral Femoral Condyle condylus lateralis femoris Thigh The lateral femoral condyle is the smaller and shorter of the two femoral condyles, projecting slightly…

Bone Lateral Femoral Epicondyle epicondylus lateralis femoris Thigh The lateral femoral epicondyle is the bony prominence on the lateral distal femur, providing attachment for…

Bone Lateral Supracondylar Ridge of the Femur linea supracondylaris lateralis femoris Thigh The lateral supracondylar ridge continues from the linea aspera toward the lateral epicondyle, providing attachment for…

Bone Lesser Trochanter trochanter minor femoris Thigh The lesser trochanter is the conical medial eminence at the base of the femoral neck, the…

Bone Linea Aspera linea aspera femoris Thigh The linea aspera is a prominent longitudinal rough ridge on the posterior surface of the femoral…

Bone Medial Femoral Condyle condylus medialis femoris Thigh The medial femoral condyle is the larger and more prominent of the two distal femoral condyles,…

Bone Medial Femoral Epicondyle epicondylus medialis femoris Thigh The medial femoral epicondyle is the most medially prominent bony landmark of the distal femur, providing…

Bone Medial Supracondylar Ridge of the Femur linea supracondylaris medialis femoris Thigh The medial supracondylar ridge is the continuation of the linea aspera curving medially toward the medial…

Bone Popliteal Surface of the Femur facies poplitea femoris Thigh The popliteal surface of the femur is the triangular posterior flat surface of the distal femur…

Bone Subtrochanteric Region of the Femur regio subtrochanterica femoris Thigh The subtrochanteric region of the femur encompasses the proximal 5 cm of the femoral shaft below…