Assertion: femur | /r/HasProperty | thigh bone
Facets:
value: in tetrapods
type: LOCATION
value: commonly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: 1. Femur (Thigh Bone)
text: In the femur (thighbone), a maximum of 3 inches can be shortened.
text: The leg has three bones that can fracture — the femur (the thighbone) and the tibia and fibula in the lower leg.
text: It is commonly known as the thigh bone (femur is Latin for thigh) and reaches from the hip to the knee.
text: The femur being the thigh bone that runs from the hip to the knee, it is much more common to have a hip or knee problem than something specifically wrong with part of the femur that is not part of one of those joints.
text: This indention or trochlea located on the femur, which is also referred to as the thigh bone, provides a channel-like groove to allow for supportive structures to attach the leg bones together.
text: The Femur And Leg Strengthener is a weight-bearing exercise that strengthens the femur (thigh bone) and increases mobility in the femoral head.
text: The major bones of the leg are the femur (thigh bone), tibia (shin bone), and adjacent fibula, and these are all long bones.
text: A hip fracture is a break that occurs in the upper part of the femur (thigh bone).
text: The femoral neck is the region between the ball at the top of your femur (thigh bone) that moves in the socket of your pelvis bone and the rest of the femur.
text: A hip fracture is a break that occurs in the upper part of the femur (thigh bone).
text: In your hip, which is the largest ball-and-socket joint in your body, tendons perform an important role by keeping strong muscles attached to the femur (thigh bone) as your legs move.
text: The Femur (thigh bone) runs from the hip to the knee, the Tibia (shin bone) runs from the knee to the ankle, and the Patella (kneecap) is the small bone at the front of the knee.
text: A femoral fracture is a fracture of the femur (thigh bone).
text: Although it’s the largest bone in the human body, the femur (thigh bone) is not immune to fracture, particularly at its most vulnerable point: the femoral neck.
text: The femoral component is the component that fits in the femur (thigh bone).
text: Bone metastases most often arise in the hip, femur (thigh bone), shoulder, and spine.
text: These fractures occur in the pelvic bone, not the femur (thigh bone), and typically are treated without surgery.
text: Therefore the femur (thigh bone) being the longest is also the strongest and the tiny ossicles found in the inner ear (the stapes being the smallest, are the weakest.
text: This is more common when there is a fracture of the femur (thigh bone).
text: The smallest bone is the tiny stirrup bone in the inner ear, and the largest is the femur (thigh bone).
text: Most tumors develop around the knee in either the femur (thighbone) or tibia (shinbone).
text: Most tumors develop around the knee in either the femur (thighbone) or tibia (shinbone).
text: The rounded head of the femur (thighbone) forms the ball, which fits into the acetabulum (a cup-shaped socket in the pelvis).
text: The nail is in the hollow cavity of the femur (thighbone) rather than on the side of it (as with a plate).
text: In SCFE, the epiphysis, or head of the femur (thighbone), slips down and backwards off the neck of the bone at the growth plate, the weaker area of bone that has not yet developed.
text: In this type of operation, metal pins or screws are placed into the middle of the femur (thighbone) and tibia (shinbone).
text: The ball is the femoral head, which is the upper end of the femur (thighbone).
text: It is made up of the lower end of the femur (thighbone), the upper end of the tibia (shinbone), and the patella (kneecap).
text: The large bones that make up the hip joint—the femur (thighbone) and the pelvis—serve as anchors for several muscles.
text: During childhood and adolescence, the long bones—femur (thighbone) or tibia and fibula (lower leg bones)—each consist of a shaft (diaphysis) and end parts (epiphyses).
text: Osteonecrosis of the hip is a painful condition that occurs when the blood supply to the head of the femur (thighbone) is disrupted.
text: This patient has a periprosthetic fracture of the femur (thighbone).
text: The rounded head of the femur (thighbone) forms the ball, which fits into the acetabulum (a cup-shaped socket in the pelvis).
text: The femur is the thighbone in tetrapods.
text: The hip joint is made up of two bones: the pelvis and the femur (the thighbone).
text: The femur, also known as the thigh bone, is one of the largest and strongest bones in the body extending from the hip joint all the way down to the knee joint.
text: The femur—the longest and hardest bone of the body—is also known as the thigh bone.
text: The femur is the thigh bone, which runs from the hip joint to the knee joint.