OSTEOLOGY 



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Transverse diameter 

 Oblique diameter 

 Pelvic incline 



Skeleton of free lower 

 extremity 



Thigh bone 



Head of femur 



Pit of the head of femur 



Neck of femur 



Body, or shaft, of femur 



Great trochanter 



Trochanteric fossa (O. T. digital fossa) 



Lesser trochanter 



Third trochanter 



Intertrochanteric line (O. T. spiral line) 



Intertrochanteric crest (O. T. inter- 

 trochanteric line) 



Rough line 



Lateral lip 

 Medial lip 



Pectineal line 



Gluteal tuberosity 



Intercondyloid fossa 



Intercondyloid line 



Popliteal plain (O. T. popliteal space) 



Medial condyle (O. T. inner condyle) 



Lateral condyle (Q. T. outer condyle) 



Patellar surface 



Lateral epicondyle (O. T. outer tube- 

 osity) 



Medial epicondyle (O. T. inner tuber- 

 osity) 



Shin bone 



Superior articular surface 



Body or shaft of tibia 



Medial condyle (O. T. internal tuber- 

 osity) 



Lateral condyle (O. T. external tuber- 

 osity) 



Anterior Intercondyloid fossa 



Posterior intercondyloid fossa 



Intercondyloid eminence (O. T. spinous 



process) 

 Medial intercondyloid tubercle 



Lateral intercondyloid tubercle 



Infraglenoidal margin 



Tuberosity of the tibia (O. T. tubercle) 



Medial surface 



Posterior surface 



Lateral surface 



Medial margin 



Anterior crest 



Interosseous crest 



Popliteal line 



Medial malleolus (O. T. internal mal- 



leolus) 



Fibular notch 

 Malleolar sulcus 

 Inferior articular surface 

 Malleolar articular surface 



Calf bone 



Body or shaft of fibula 

 Interosseous crest 

 Anterior crest 

 Lateral crest 

 Medial crest 

 Medial surface 

 Lateral surface 

 Posterior surface 

 Head of fibula 

 Articular surface of head 

 Apex of head of fibula 

 Lateral malleolus (O. T. external mal- 

 leolus) 

 Articular surface of malleolus 



Knee-cap 



Base of patella 

 Apex of patella 

 Articular surface 



