Lateral condyle of femur
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| Bone: Lateral condyle of femur | |
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| Lower extremity of right femur viewed from below. | |
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| Left knee-joint from behind, showing interior ligaments. | |
| Latin | c. lateralis femoris |
| Gray's | subject #59 247 |
The lateral condyle is one of the two projections on the lower extremity of femur. It is the more prominent and is the broader both in its antero-posterior and transverse diameters.
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Knee diagram
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Right knee-joint, from the front, showing interior ligaments.
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Muscles of the back of the leg. Deep layer.
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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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