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femur (fē`mər): see leg leg, one of the paired limbs of an animal used for support of the body and for locomotion. Properly, the human leg is that portion of the extremity between the foot and the thigh. This section of the human leg contains two long bones, the tibia and the fibula. ..... Click the link for more information. . femur 1. the longest thickest bone of the human skeleton, articulating with the pelvis above and the knee below 2. the corresponding bone in other vertebrates 3. the segment of an insect's leg nearest to the body How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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After death, the left and right femurs were harvested, wrapped in saline-soaked gauze, and stored at -20[degrees]C. Despite sporting some of the, if not the most thigh-supporting pants in the biz, Walnut Creek's Corey Duffel managed to fracture one of his four-foot-long femurs in a nasty spill. The reproducibility of the pQCT measurements from female juvenile alligator tibia and femurs of the bones varied, with a CV from 0. |
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