trochanter

Noun

Meaning

One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter.

The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa.

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Certainly in their morphology they are not jointed, and so lack the five segments (coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia, tarsus) of thoracic insect legs. Source: Internet

Platzer (2004), p 234 The posterior dorsal hip muscles are inserted on or directly below the greater trochanter of the femur. Source: Internet

In these women, the increases (relative to placebo) with FOSAMAX 10 mg/day were greater than those with FOSAMAX 5 mg/day at the lumbar spine (4.1% vs. 1.6%) and trochanter (2.8% vs. 1.7%), but not at other sites. Source: Internet

In the placebo-treated patients BMD losses of approximately 1% per year were seen at the spine, hip (femoral neck and trochanter) and total body. Source: Internet

The gluteus maximus has its origin between (and around) the iliac crest and the coccyx from where one part radiates into the iliotibial tract and the other stretches down to the gluteal tuberosity under the greater trochanter. Source: Internet

The vertebra of the neck unite on nearly flat surfaces, the humerus had lost the foramen, or perforation, at the lower end, and the third trochanter to the femur may have also been wanting. Source: Internet

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