Linea quadrata
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| Bone: Linea quadrata | ||
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| Upper extremity of right femur viewed from behind and above. | ||
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| Right femur. Anterior surface. | ||
| Gray's | subject #59 246 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_10/12495639 | |
A slight ridge is sometimes seen commencing about the middle of the intertrochanteric crest, and reaching vertically downward for about 5 cm. along the back part of the body: it is called the linea quadrata (or quadrate line), and gives attachment to the Quadratus femoris and a few fibers of the Adductor magnus.
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