The Lo\ver Extremity and Pelvis 



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ment of the round ligament of the joint. The neck expands towards the^shaft and 

 is overhung externally by the great trochanter : there is a deep digital fossa under. 



com} tf tar Attiwlir surfaces. 

 FIG. 114. Anterior and posterior views of right femur. Left bone is usually a few millimetres longer. 



cover of the back part of this, for the insertion of Obturator externus. The great 

 trochanter is for the attachment of muscles of the gluteal group. At the back the 

 great trochanter is connected by the posterior inter trochanteric line with the small 



