Longest, strongest, and heaviest bone

Proximal features:

•Head: articulates with os coxa at acetabulum

•Fovea: pit on head for ligament attaches to acetabulum

•Neck: constricted region just distal to head

•Greater trochanter and lesser trochanter: massive processes for attachment of powerful hip and thigh muscles

•Intertrochanteric line: anterior between trochanters marking distal edge of hip capsule

•Gluteal tuberosity: posterior rough region for attachment of gluteus maximus muscle

•Linea aspera: ridge on posterior shaft for attachment of many thigh muscles

•Distally, linea aspera splits into medial and lateral supracondylar lines

Review: Ch 8 appendicular skeleton