Medical Definition of Linea aspera

1. A rough ridge with two pronounced lips running down the posterior surface of the shaft of the femur; the lateral lip of the linea aspera is a continuation of the gluteal tuberosity, the medial lip of the intertrochanteric line; it affords attachment to the vastus medialis, adductor longus, adductor magnus, adductor brevis, the short head of the biceps, and the vastus lateralis muscles as well as to the intermuscular septa of the thigh. Synonym: rough line. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Linea Aspera

linear perspective
linear programming
linear regression
linear skull fracture
linear unit
lineate
lineated
lineated
lineation
lineations
linea alba
linea anocutanea
linea arcuata
linea arcuata ossis ilii
linea arcuata vaginae musculi recti abdominis
linea aspera (current term)
linea axillaris anterior
linea axillaris media
linea axillaris posterior
linea corneae senilis
linea epiphysialis
linea glutea
linea glutea anterior
linea glutea inferior
linea glutea posterior
linea intercondylaris femoris
linea intermedia cristae iliacae
linea interspinalis
linea intertrochanterica
linea intertubercularis

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