Adductor tubercle of femur - Misplaced Pages

Tubercle of the lower extremity of the femur where the adductor magnus muscle inserts

Adductor tubercle
Deep muscles of the medial femoral region (adductor tubercle labeled at bottom right)
Front of right thigh, showing surface markings for bones, femoral artery and nerve (adductor tubercle labeled at bottom right)
Details
Identifiers
Latin	tuberculum adductorium femoris
TA98	A02.5.04.023
TA2	1382
FMA	32870
Anatomical terms of bone[edit on Wikidata]

The adductor tubercle is a tubercle on the lower extremity of the femur. It is formed where the medial lips of the linea aspera end below at the summit of the medial condyle. It is the insertion point of the tendon of the vertical fibers of the adductor magnus muscle.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 246 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Bowker, JOHN H. (2008-01-01), Bowker, John H.; Pfeifer, Michael A. (eds.), "Minor and Major Lower-Limb Amputations and Disarticulations in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus", Levin and O'Neal's The Diabetic Foot (Seventh Edition), Philadelphia: Mosby, pp. 403–428, doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-04145-4.50027-2, ISBN 978-0-323-04145-4, retrieved 2021-02-20
Jacobi, Matthias; Reischl, Nikolaus; Bergmann, Mathias; Bouaicha, Samy; Djonov, Valentin; Magnussen, Robert A. (2012-01-01). "Reconstruction of the Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Using the Adductor Magnus Tendon: An Anatomic Study". Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery. 28 (1): 105–109. doi:10.1016/j.arthro.2011.07.015. ISSN 0749-8063. PMID 22001735.

upper extremity	head fovea neck greater trochanter fossa lesser trochanter intertrochanteric line intertrochanteric crest quadrate tubercle
shaft	linea aspera upper medial: merges with intertrochanteric line upper intermediate: pectineal line upper lateral: gluteal tuberosity / third trochanter
lower extremity	adductor tubercle patellar surface epicondyles lateral medial condyles lateral medial intercondylar fossa

upper extremity	Gerdy's tubercle condyles lateral medial intercondylar area
shaft	tuberosity soleal line
lower extremity	medial malleolus Anterior colliculus Posterior colliculus fibular notch

Other

Tarsus	calcaneus sustentaculum tali calcaneal tubercle talus navicular cuboid cuneiform medial intermediate lateral
Metatarsals	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Other	Phalanges

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