| Bone: Third trochanter | |
|---|---|
| Latin | trochanter tertius |
| Gray's | subject #59 246 |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
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The upper part of the gluteal tuberosity is often elongated into a roughened crest, on which a more or less well-marked, rounded tubercle, the third trochanter, is occasionally developed. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Introduction ( classes Long bones body or Diaphysis Medullary canal Elsevier, the world's largest Publisher of Medical and Scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group The lateral ridge of the Linea aspera is very rough and runs almost vertically upward to the base of the Greater trochanter. In anatomy a tubercle is a round Nodule, small Eminence, or Warty outgrowth found on Bones skin or within the lungs in Tuberculosis
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