linea aspera (redirected from Bony ridge)

linea /li·nea/ (lin´e-ah) pl. li´neae   [L.] line; in anatomy, a narrow ridge or streak on the surface of a structure.

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linea al´ba  white line; the tendinous median line on the anterior abdominal wall between the two rectus muscles.

linea as´pera  a rough longitudinal line on the back of the femur for muscle attachments.

li´neae atro´phicae  striae atrophicae.

linea epiphysia´lis  epiphyseal line.

linea glu´tea  gluteal line.

linea ni´gra  the linea alba when it has become pigmented in pregnancy.

linea splen´dens  the sheath for the anterior spinal artery formed by the pia mater in the anterior median fissure of the spinal cord.

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linea as·pe·ra (sp-r)

n.

A longitudinal ridge running down the posterior surface of the shaft of the femur, affording attachment to various muscles including the vastus medialis, adductor longus, adductor magnus, adductor brevis, vastus lateralis, and short head of the biceps.

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linea aspera,

the posterior crest of the femur (thigh bone) that extends proximally into three ridges to which are attached various muscles, including the gluteus maximus, pectineus, and iliacus.

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linea

pl. lineae [L.] a narrow ridge or streak on a surface, as of the body or a bone or other organ; a line.

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linea alba

white line; the tendinous median line on the ventral abdominal wall between the two rectus muscles.

linea albicantes

see atrophic stria.

linea aspera

one or two rough longitudinal lines on the back of the femur for muscle attachments.

lineae atrophicae

see atrophic stria.