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Lesser trochanter
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Human_anatomy/WP1QbDTn">human anatomy</a>, the lesser trochanter is a conical, <a href="/facts/Anatomical_terms_of_location/IpJ1fq2f">posteromedial</a>, bony <a href="/facts/Process_(anatomy)/IglUglyL">projection</a> from the <a href="/facts/Shaft_of_the_femur/hFAyyDSc">shaft</a> of the <a href="/facts/Femur/uVyTwj4l">femur</a>. It serves as the principal insertion site of the <a href="/facts/Iliopsoas_muscle/zbENr05d">iliopsoas muscle</a>. </p>