Being a long bone it has upper and lower ends and a shaft (the body).
Upper end
Head:
Articulates with hip bone at the acetabulum > forming the hip joint.
Has a fovea (pit) for the ligament of the head.
Neck:
Ends anteriorly at the intertochanteric line and posteriorly at the intertrochanteric crest.
Greater trochanter: on its medial surface there is a trochanteric fossa.
Lesser trochanter: near the lower end of the neck.
Shaft
3 borders: Lateral, medial and posterior which has the linea aspera in the middle third.
The linea aspera is broad and has a medial lip which is continuous upwards as the spiral line and it goes downwards giving the medial supracondylar line. The lateral lip is continuous upwards as the gluteal tuberosity and downwards as the lateral supracondylar line.
The area between the 2 supracondylar ridges is called the popliteal surface.
Lower end
2 condyles:
Medial has adductor tubercle (superiorly).
Lateral has popliteal groover (laterally).
2 epicondyles: lateral and medial.
Between the 2 condyles:
Anterior: patellar surface
Posterior: intercondylar notch
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