Quadrate tubercle
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| Bone: Quadrate tubercle | |
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| Right femur. Posterior surface. (Quadratus femoris labeled at top center.) | |
| Latin | tuberculum quadratum |
The quadrate tubercle is a small tubercle found upon the upper part of the femur.[1]
It is the point of insertion of the quadratus femoris.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Sunderland S (January 1938). "The Quadrate Tubercle of the Femur". J. Anat. 72 (Pt 2): 309–12. PMC 1252427. PMID 17104699. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1252427.
- ^ "muscle actions". http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/Grossanatomy/dissector/muscles/qf.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
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