femur
IPA: fˈimɝ
noun
- (anatomy) A thighbone.
- (entomology) The middle segment of the leg of an insect, between the trochanter and the tibia.
- (arachnology) A segment of the leg of an arachnid.
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Examples of "femur" in Sentences
- Lateral epicondyle of the femur.
- He broke medial side of the femur.
- The femur is long and the tibia is.
- Inserts into the femur and the ribs.
- It is supported by the neck of the femur.
- The single bone in the thigh is called the femur.
- The femur head is the highest part of the thigh bone femur .
- Importantly, the femur also angles in toward the knee from the hip.
- This fracture often disrupts the blood supply to the head of the femur.
- Is the tubercle of the femur the same as the quadrate tubercle of the femur
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