femoral
IPA: fˈɛmɝʌɫ
adjective
- Of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.
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Examples of "femoral" in Sentences
- Titanium elastic nailing use in femoral shaft fractures
- The Promus stenting system involves the insertion of a metal tube into a large blood vessel of the leg, called the femoral artery.
- In DDH, the hip socket may be shallow, letting the \ "ball\" of the long leg bone, also known as the femoral head, slip in and out of the socket.
- In certain high-energy accidents such as motor vehicle accidents or when a person falls off a ladder, fractures of the so-called femoral head can occur.
- BTW, hunters, that artery is called the "femoral" and do nothing like with your knife that gets anywhere near your thigh or crotch, you absolutely do * not* want it cut.
- -- The femoral is a continuation of the external iliac, and extends from Poupart's ligament to the middle of the lower third of the thigh, where it becomes the popliteal.
- During the operation at Grantham Hospital in Lincolnshire in August 2008 Kolb, 51, also cut through the wrong muscle, slicing into a 'danger zone' known as the femoral triangle.
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