chanter

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The trochanters are also connected on the posterior side of the femur by the larger intertrochanteric crest.

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The narrow neck joins inferiorly with the greater and lesser trochanters.

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Running between the greater and lesser trochanters on the anterior side of the femur is the roughened intertrochanteric line.

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The femoral circumflex vein forms a loop around the femur just inferior to the trochanters and drains blood from the areas in proximity to the head and neck of the femur.

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Monotrocha -ous: Hymenoptera in which the trochanters are single: having legs in which the trochanter is one-jointed.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.