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Linea pectinea

Linea pectinea –>
pectineal line
a ridge running down the posterior surface of the shaft of the femur from the lesser trochanter to which the pectineus muscle attaches; continuous superiorly with intertrochanteric line and inferiorly with the medial lip of the linea aspera.
Synonym: linea pectinea.


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