Landmark · Skeletal system
Medial epicondyle of femur
Epicondylus medialis ossis femoris
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Femur
DescriptionUnreviewed
The medial epicondyle of the femur is an epicondyle, a bony protrusion, located on the medial side of the femur at its distal end.
Located above the medial condyle, it bears an elevation, the adductor tubercle, which serves for the attachment of the superficial part, or "tendinous insertion", of the adductor magnus.
This tendinous part here forms an intermuscular septum which forms the medial separation between the thigh's flexors and extensors.Behind it, and proximal to the medial condyle is a rough impression which gives origin to the medial head of the Gastrocnemius.
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Names
- Latin
- Epicondylus medialis ossis femoris
- English
- Medial epicondyle of femur
- French
- Epicondyle médial du fémur
- Spanish
- Epicóndilo medial del hueso fémur
- Portuguese
- Epicôndilo medial do fêmur