Greater trochanter

Greater trochanter
Upper extremity of right femur viewed from behind and above.
Details
OriginsVastus lateralis
InsertionsObturator internus, gemelli, piriformis, gluteus minimus, gluteus medius
Identifiers
Latintrochanter major
TA98A02.5.04.005
TA21364
FMA32852
Anatomical terms of bone
Same point of view as above of right femur from behind. Greater trochanter is labeled at right.

The greater trochanter of the femur is a large, irregular, quadrilateral eminence and a part of the skeletal system.

It is directed lateral and medially and slightly posterior. In the adult it is about 2–4 cm lower than the femoral head.[1] Because the pelvic outlet in the female is 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 epiphysis.[2]

  1. ^ Standring, Susan, editor. Gray’s Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. Forty-First edition, Elsevier Limited, 2016, p. 1327.
  2. ^ Lovell, Wood W.; Winter, Robert B.; Morrissy, Raymond T.; Stuart L. Weinstein (2006). Lovell and Winter's Pediatric Orthopaedics. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 990. ISBN 978-0-7817-5358-6.