femur
Sign in to saveThe femur (; : femurs or femora ), or thigh bone is the only bone in the thigh — the region of the lower limb between the hip and the knee. In many four-legged animals, the femur is the upper bone of the hindleg.
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The femur, commonly called the thighbone, is the single bone that makes up your thigh, the area of your leg between your hip and knee. It's an important structural bone found in humans and many four-legged animals, where it forms the upper part of the hind leg.
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Key facts
- Bone.Name
- Femur
- Bone.Latin
- os femoris, os longissimum
- Bone.Image
- Femur - anterior view2.png
- Bone.Caption
- Position of femur (shown in red)
- Bone.Image2
- Gray252.png
- Bone.Caption2
- Left femur seen from behind
- Bone.Origins
- Gastrocnemius, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis and vastus intermedius
- Bone.Insertions
- Gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, iliopsoas, lateral rotator group, adductors of the hip
- Bone.Articulations
- Hip: acetabulum of pelvis superiorlyknee: with the tibia and patella inferiorly
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Upper part
- Body
- Lower part
- Development
- Function
- Muscle attachments
- Clinical significance
- Fractures
- Cortical desmoid
- Other animals
- Viral metagenomics
- Invertebrates
- Additional media
- References
- External links
The femur (; : femurs or femora ), or thigh bone is the only bone in the thigh — the region of the lower limb between the hip and the knee. In many four-legged animals, the femur is the upper bone of the hindleg.
The top of the femur fits into a socket in the pelvis called the hip joint, and the bottom of the femur connects to the shinbone (tibia) and kneecap (patella) to form the knee. In humans the femur is the largest and thickest bone in the body.