Landmark · Skeletal system
Greater trochanter
Trochanter major
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Femur
DescriptionUnreviewed
The greater trochanter of the femur is a large, irregular, quadrilateral eminence and a part of the skeletal system.
It is directed lateral and medially and slightly posterior.
In the adult it is about 2-4 cm lower than the femoral head.
Because the pelvic outlet in the female is larger than in the male, there is a greater distance between the greater trochanters in the female.
It has two surfaces and four borders. It is a traction epiphysis.
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Names
- Latin
- Trochanter major
- English
- Greater trochanter
- French
- Grand trochanter
- Spanish
- Trocánter mayor
- Portuguese
- Trocânter maior