Borders
The superior border is free; it is thick and irregular, and marked near the center by an impression for the insertion of the piriformis.
The inferior border corresponds to the line of junction of the base of the trochanter with the lateral surface of the body; it is marked by a rough, prominent, slightly curved ridge, which gives origin to the upper part of the vastus lateralis.
The anterior border is prominent and somewhat irregular; it affords insertion at its lateral part to the glutæus minimus.
The posterior border is very prominent and appears as a free, rounded edge, which bounds the back part of the trochanteric fossa.
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