Soleal line

Study entry

Description

A rough, diagonal ridge on the posterior surface of the proximal part of the shaft, which descends inward to the medial border. Just below it, a groove leads to the large nutrient foramen.

Relations

Aponeurotic origin of the soleus.

Source: cap. 7, «Huesos del miembro inferior: tibia»

Other structures in this region

• Ilium
• Ischium
• Pubis
• Ala of the ilium
• Anterior superior iliac spine
• Anterior inferior iliac spine
• Posterior superior iliac spine
• Posterior inferior iliac spine