Third trochanter

Third trochanter

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Name = Third trochanter
Latin = trochanter tertius
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The upper part of the gluteal tuberosity is often elongated into a roughened crest, on which a more or less well-marked, rounded tubercle, the third trochanter, is occasionally developed.


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