trochanter

[ troh-kan-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
Zoology. any similar prominence on the femur in many other vertebrates.
Entomology. (in an insect) the usually small second segment of the leg, between the coxa and femur.

trochanter

/ trəʊˈkæntə /

any of several processes on the upper part of the vertebrate femur, to which muscles are attached
the third segment of an insect's leg

1605–15; < New Latin < Greek trochantḗr ball on which the hip bone turns in its socket

C17: via French from Greek trokhantēr , from trekhein to run

The first of these is called the 'coxa', and is succeeded by a short joint called the 'trochanter'.

The internal trochanter was also fractured in four small pieces.

Coxa, smooth; trochanter with large protuberance ending in a heavy spine on the outer edge.

The trochanter, femur and tibia are covered with stout simple hairs of varying length.

It is noteworthy, however, that this genus retains the third trochanter to the femur, which is lost in Nimravus.

April 21, 2024absquatulate

[ab-skwoch-uh-leyt ]

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