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FEMUR --femur: body's longest & heaviest bone --head fits in acetabulum;
fractures in the neck are the
most common cause of a "broken hip" --greater & lesser trochanters for muscle
attachment (2 gluteal muscles insert on the
greater trochanter) --on the posterior
side, the gluteal tuberosity
(where the gluteus maximus inserts) and the
linea aspera (where
the adductors insert) are distal to the lesser trochanter --lateral & medial condyles articulate
with the lateral & medial condyles of the tibia; the regions proximal
to the condyles are the lateral
& medial epicondyles --you can palpate the greater trochanter & the 2 epicondyles |
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--patella: kneecap; the largest sesamoid bone in the body (a bone that develops within a tendon;
there are others that you can palpate at the distal ends of your first
metacarpel & metatarsal) --if you stand up and lean forward, you can move your patella back and forth because your rectus femoris is at rest |
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