Intertrochanteric crest

The intertrochanteric crest is a prominent smooth bony ridge upon the posterior surface of the femur at the junction of the neck and the shaft of the femur;{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1201341621 |title=Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice |date=2021 |others=Susan Standring |isbn=978-0-7020-7707-4 |edition=Forty-second |location=[New York] |pages=1362 |oclc=1201341621}} together with the intertrochanteric line on the anterior side of the head, the intertrochanteric crest marks the transition between the femoral neck and shaft.{{Rp|page=192}}

The intertrochanteric crest extends between the greater trochanter superiorly, and the lesser trochanter inferiorly; it passes obliquely inferomedially from the greater trochanter to the lesser trochanter.{{Cite book |last=Gray |first=Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/anatomyofhumanbo1918gray/page/246/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Gray's Anatomy |year=1918 |edition=20th |pages=246}}

An elevation between the middle and proximal third of the crest is known as the quadrate tubercle.{{Cite book |last=Platzer |first=Werner |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54767617 |title=Color Atlas of Human Anatomy, Vol 1: Locomotor system |publisher=Thieme |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-58890-159-0 |edition=5th |location=Stuttgart |oclc=54767617}}{{Rp|page=192}}

The distal capsular attachment on the femur follows the shape of the irregular rim between the head and the neck. As a consequence, the capsule of the hip joint attaches in the region of the intertrochanteric line on the anterior side, but a finger away from the intertrochanteric crest on the posterior side of the head.{{Rp|page=192, 198}}

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