·       round, smooth and covered w/ Articular cartilage, except at Fovea Capitis 

·      Attachment for Ligament of Head of Femur

·      Allows free movement w/o interference of contact w/ hip bone; SUP border leads to Greater Trochanter; INF border leads to Lesser Trochanter

·      : Bony junction btw INF border of neck and shaft; INSERTION for ILIOSOAS

 Lateral end of neck on POST side of FEMUR; ORIGIN for obturator externus

•       Shorter than LAT surface à

•       POST part has a depression (Trochanteric fossa) for insertion of obturator externus muscle

has a rough and elongated area for insertion of gluteus minimus muscle

•       palpable, most lateral bony point of hip region

•       Crossed by an oblique bony ridge created by insertion of gluteus medius muscle

•       Ridge runs from posterosuperior to anteroinferior and divides LAT surface into 2 triangular areas:

•       ANT triangle marks location of trochanteric bursa of gluteus medius

•       POST triangle marks location of trochanteric bursa of gluteus maximus

Vatus Medialius and Lateralis Partial attachment; Line btw trochanters on ANT side of Femur; Articular capsule of Hip joint ANT attachment 

Crest btw trochanters on POST side of Femur; Insertion QUADRATUS FEMORIS at Quadrate Tubercle

Rounded eminence halfway down intertrochanteric crest; Insertion for QUADRATUS FEMORIS 

Clyindrical; bows slightly in ANT direction; smooth except POST-LY at bony ridge (LINEA ASPERA) created by numerous muscle attachments

MED part of Shaft; formed by medial and lateral lips which run down to become Medial and Lateral Supracondyler lines

Tuberosity and SUP end of LAT lip of Linea Aspera on POST side of Femur. INSERTION of GLUTEUS MAXIMUS; when enlarged called 3^rd trochanter or Gluteal trochanter

Line running down from Lesser Trochanter to MED lip of Linea Aspera. INSERTION for PECTINEUS Muscle

Continuation of Intertrochanteric line on POST side of Femur, and joins MED lip of Linea Aspera. PARTIAL ORIGIN to VATUS MEDIALIS

Passage for nutrient artery; btw MED and LAT lips of linea Aspera

·      INF ends of MED and LAT lips of Linea

Aspera

Triangular area btw lateral and medial supracondylar lines

Prominence on Distal end of Medial Supracondylar line; gives INSERTION of HAMSTRING and AD-DUCTOR MAGNUS 

·      ANT Inbtw medial and lateral epicondyles; extends further SUP on LAT side

Tibial surface of Medial Condyle is longer, narrower, and more curved

 Paplable; lies just INF to Ad-Ductor tubercle; gives ATTACHEMENT to MEDIAL COLLATERAL (TIBIAL) LIGAMANENT

Palpable; INF to it lies oblique groove (POPLITEUS SULCUS) ; gives ATTACHEMENT to LATERAL COLLATERAL (FIBULAR) LIGAMANENT

 INF to LAT Epicondyle; lodges tendon of POPLITEUS MUSCLE

·      Fossa btw MED and LAT condyles

 Separates Intercondylar Fossa from Popiteal surface