femur

Introduction

The long bone of the thigh

Articulation

• articulates with the hip bone proximally & the tibia & patella distally.

⧼aaushi-heading-development⧽

• the visibility of the center of ossification at the distal end of the femur just before birth shown in radiographs is used as:
  • medical-legal evidence, that a newborn infant found dead was near full term & capable of living at birth*

* curious argument; near full term, ok, but having a distally ossified femur would seem neither a necessary nor sufficient condition to support life

More general terms

• bone

Component of

• lower extremity; lower limb; leg

Components

• femoral neck
• femoral head
• linea aspera
• trochanter
• femoral epiphysis