THE FEMUR. 



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rior internal portion of the base of the neck of the femur. 

 It gives attachment to the conjoined tendon of the iliacus 

 and psoas magnus. The 

 anterior intertrochanteric 

 line is rough, and serves 

 for the attachment of the 

 capsular ligament of the 

 hip-joint. It runs obliquely 

 downward and inward from 

 the greater to the lesser 

 trochanter. The posterior 

 intertrochanteric line is 

 very strongly marked, con- 

 cave above, and affords at- 

 tachment to the capsular 

 ligament. It runs from 

 the posterior border of the 

 greater trochanter to the 

 lesser trochanter. Passing 

 down the posterior part of 

 the shaft from the middle 

 of the posterior intertro- 

 chanteric line is the quad- 

 rate line, a rough surface, 

 one- fourth inch wide and 

 about two inches long. It 

 gives attachment to the 

 tendon of the quadratus 

 femoris muscle. 



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 is cylindrical. It presents 

 posteriorly the linea aspera, 

 which runs the entire length of the shaft. It presents 

 two well-marked lips, an inner and outer, and an inter- 



FIG. 63. THE FEMUR, POSTERIOR 

 SURFACE. 



