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Trochanter vs Tuberosity - What's the difference?

trochanter | tuberosity |

As nouns the difference between trochanter and tuberosity

is that trochanter is in vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur near the hip joint, not including the head or neck while tuberosity is the condition of being tuberous.

trochanter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) In vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur near the hip joint, not including the head or neck.
  • In some arthropods, the second segment of the leg, between the coxa and the femur.

    • tuberosity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being tuberous
  • (countable, medicine) A rounded protuberance, at the end of a bone, to which a muscle or tendon is attached

    • Derived terms

    *deltoid tuberosity *facial tuberosity *ischial tuberosity *olecranon tuberosity *radial tuberosity *tibial tuberosity