Talk:Trochanter

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Proposed merge with Human trochanter

This is a disambig page that should be merged with the original disambig page Tom (LT) (talk) 02:32, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Since more than one species of animal have the Trochanter, I suggest that we leave the page in a general explanation of the Trochanter, instead of merging with the human specific page, but add a link to pages of species, families, or other hierarchies of special relevance Guilherme Moura Paredes (talk) 21:48, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

section "Hinge in athletic performance"

The cited source (slides PDF) does not refer to the trochanter's role in running, only to "trochanter length" = leg length measured from trochanter to sole. --125.2.84.109 (talk) 19:47, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Subjective or poorly defined explanation

I do not have the required medical knowledge but it seems to me that the sentence "humans are known to have three trochanters, though the anatomic "normal" includes only the greater and lesser trochanters. (The third trochanter is not present in all specimens.)" is ambiguous or could be phrased in a better way. First it states that "humans are known to have three trochanters..." which doesn't seem to be very accurate. Could it better to say that the number of trochanters in humans could is either two or three, depending on the genetic history? Also, is mentions "the anatomic "normal"" is which is technically ambiguous and somewhat discriminatory, by stating that those with three are abnormal, which implies a judgement. This is the impression I got after reading the article. Guilherme Moura Paredes (talk) 13:44, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Suspected Etymological connection

According to the Wiktionary entry on the term, the Original Greek "τροχαντήρ" • (trokhantḗr) referred to a "part of the stern of a ship" Naturally this language is vague and doesn't detail which part. Based on context, and looking at Historical reproductions and depictions of Biremes and Triremes, I suspect that it's a reasonable assumption to say that the term refers to the ornamental protrusion at the stern of Ancient Bi/Tri-remes. However, I believe it would be better if a naval historian, or classicist was able to weigh in or clarify so if such an assumption is flawed it can be corrected. AlderonTyran (talk) 16:22, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]