The adductor tubercle is a
tubercle
In anatomy, a tubercle (literally 'small tuber', Latin for 'lump') is any round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on external or internal organs of a plant or an animal.
In plants
A tubercle is generally a wart-like projectio ...
on the
lower extremity of the
femur
The femur (; : femurs or femora ), or thigh bone is the only long bone, bone in the thigh — the region of the lower limb between the hip and the knee. In many quadrupeds, four-legged animals the femur is the upper bone of the hindleg.
The Femo ...
. It is formed where the medial lips of the
linea aspera
The linea aspera () is a ridge of roughened surface on the posterior surface of the shaft of the femur. It is the site of attachments of muscles and the intermuscular septum.
Its margins diverge above and below.
The linea aspera is a prominent ...
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
The adductor magnus is a large triangular muscle, situated on the medial side of the thigh.
It consists of two parts. The portion which arises from the ischiopubic ramus (a small part of the inferior ramus of the pubis, and the inferior ramus o ...
.
References
External links
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Diagram at gla.ac.uk
Bones of the lower limb
Femur
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