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Medial epicondyle of the femur

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Dorlands /Elsevier
  
e_11/12336766

FMA
  
32864

TA
  
A02.5.04.022

Medial epicondyle of the femur

Latin
  
epicondylus medialis femoris

The medial epicondyle of the femur is a bony protrusion located on the medial side of the bone's distal end.

Located above the medial condyle, it bears an elevation, the adductor tubercle, which serves for the attachment of the superficial part, or "tendinous insertion", of the adductor magnus. This tendinous part here forms an intermuscular septum which forms the medial separation between the thigh's flexors and extensors.

Behind it, and proximal to the medial condyle is a rough impression which gives origin to the medial head of the Gastrocnemius.

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Medial epicondyle of the femur Wikipedia


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