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431: 93: 445: 32: 199: 240: 308:"Trokhos" (Greek) = "wheel", with reference to the spherical femoral head which was first named "trokhanter". Later usage came to include the femoral neck. 288:, the trochanters serve as important muscle attachment sites. Humans are known to have three trochanters, though the anatomic "normal" includes only the 412: 477: 390: 391:
O'Rahilly, Ronan, M.D.; Fabiola Müller, Dr. rer. nat., Stanley Carpenter, Ph.D., and Rand Swenson, D.C., M.D., Ph.D. (2004).
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viewed from behind and above, showing greater and lesser trochanter
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Basic Human Anatomy: A Regional Study of Human Structure
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