Description
The anterior surface of femur is the smooth area on the frontal aspect of the body of femur. It is one of the five surfaces of the body of femur, the other four being the lateral, medial, posterior, and popliteal surfaces. It is an area that is bounded:
—medially, by the medial border of femur;
—laterally, by the lateral border of femur;
—superomedially, by the intertrochanteric line.
The superolateral end of the anterior surface of femur is continuous with the greater trochanter, and its inferior end is continuous with the medial and lateral condyles. It provides origin sites for the vastus intermedius and articularis genus muscles.
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