Quadrate line
Appearance
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Quadrate line | |
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![]() Upper extremity of right femur viewed from behind and above. | |
Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | linea quadrata |
Anatomical terms of bone |
A slight ridge is sometimes seen commencing about the middle of the intertrochanteric crest, and reaching vertically downward for about 5 cm. along the back part of the body: it is called the linea quadrata (or quadrate line), and gives attachment to the Quadratus femoris and a few fibers of the Adductor magnus.
References
[edit] This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 246 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)