Definition of Trochanters. Meaning of Trochanters. Synonyms of Trochanters

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Definition of Trochanters

Trochanter
Trochanter Tro*chan"ter, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. (Anat.) One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa.

Meaning of Trochanters from wikipedia

- known to have three trochanters, though the anatomic "normal" includes only the greater and lesser trochanters. (The third trochanter is not present in...
- 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...
- is called the third trochanter in reference to the greater and lesser trochanters that are always present on the femur. Its function is to provide an attachment...
- In human anatomy, the lesser trochanter is a conical, posteromedial, bony projection from the shaft of the femur. it serves as the prin****l insertion...
- the hip joint capsule. Here the two trochanters, greater and lesser trochanter, are found. The greater trochanter is almost box-shaped and is the most...
- may be confused with terms for bones: coxa (meaning hip, pl.: coxae), trochanter, femur (pl.: femora), tibia (pl. tibiae), tarsus (pl. tarsi), ischium...
- The fourth trochanter is a shared characteristic common to archosaurs. It is a ****-like feature on the posterior-medial side of the middle of the femur...
- Adeuomphalus trochanter is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc un****igned to family in the superfamily Seguenzioidea. Warén & Bouchet (2001)...
- either inserted into the region of the lesser trochanter (anterior or inner group) or the greater trochanter (posterior or outer group). Anteriorly, the...
- tuberosity and is inserted onto the intertrochanteric crest between the trochanters. This flattened muscle act as a strong lateral rotator and adductor of...