- (knock knee), the
femurs converge so much that the
knees touch. The
opposite condition, genu
varum (bow-leggedness),
occurs when the
femurs diverge. In the...
- m****
which covers the
front and
sides of the
femur. The name
derives from
Latin four-headed
muscle of the
femur. The
quadriceps femoris muscle is subdivided...
- The
intercondylar fossa of
femur (intercondyloid
fossa of
femur,
intercondylar notch of
femur) is a deep
notch between the rear
surfaces of the medial...
- The
femoral neck (also
femur neck or neck of the
femur) is a
flattened pyramidal process of bone,
connecting the
femoral head with the
femoral shaft,...
- The
ligament of the head of the
femur (round
ligament of the
femur,
foveal ligament, or Fillmore's ligament) is a weak
ligament located in the hip joint...
- The
femoral head (
femur head or head of the
femur) is the
highest part of the
thigh bone (
femur). It is
supported by the
femoral neck. The head is globular...
- and
consists of two joints: one
between the
femur and
tibia (tibiofemoral joint), and one
between the
femur and
patella (patellofemoral joint). It is the...
-
femur articulates with the
tibia and
patella forming the knee. By most measures, the
femur is the
strongest and
longest bone in the body. The
femur is...
- A
trochanter is a
tubercle of the
femur near its
joint with the hip bone. In
humans and most mammals, the
trochanters serve as
important muscle attachment...
- A
femoral fracture is a bone
fracture that
involves the
femur. They are
typically sustained in high-impact trauma, such as car crashes, due to the large...
