What is the medical name for the thigh bone?

The femur or thigh bone, is the most proximal (closest to the hip joint) bone of the leg in tetrapod vertebrates capable of walking or jumping, such as most land mammals, birds, many reptiles such as lizards, and amphibians such as frogs. In vertebrates with four legs such as dogs and horses, the femur is found only in the hindlimbs.

The head of the femur articulates with the acetabulum in the pelvic bone forming the hip joint, while the distal part of the femur articulates with the tibia and kneecap forming the knee joint. By most measures the femur is the strongest bone in the body. The femur is also the longest bone in the human body.

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Foye

I don't like the questions in the game at all

Paul Sapphire Gig Lannon

Richard Perkins, alwags one. It's a bit of fun, professor.

fabitzer

Know it well. Broke mine 5 years ago. Now have a 2’ titanium rod. Doing fine. Walk 5 miles a day.

Spc Kook Dude

I knew it and so did Steve.

kcortez

Femur artery helps me remember.

Michelle Mitchell

Got it!

larrywagner

Knew it, broke it in a motorcycle accident at Los Alamos NM. Spent 2 weeks in traction, and almost6 months in casts that were hinged at the knee. That allowed movement so my leg can start bending right away. I was working for Los Alamos national laboratory at the time They had a surgeon brought in from Denmark to plate and screw me back together. That was in 1980. Still walking fine. Funny how things pop back into your head playing this game.

Don Racette

jack patti go Pleasant dreams.

jack patti go

I missed it and I know this! O need to go to bed!

robert karel

Chicken femur is the best tasting!

dancohenour

Not nabe, It was supposed to be name!

dancohenour

Got it right. I would almost have to, because I fell out of a tree when I was nearly eleven and broke my femur. I spent two weeks in the hospital. The first three days were spent waiting for an operation which was necessary because it was a greenstick fracture. Then they took me down the hallway and into the operation room and put damask over my face and the next thing I knew was waking up. I was in a different ward now and lying face down on the bed with some kind of heater above me. I learned later that it was to accelerate thwarting of the cast they put on me. It wrapped around me from mid chest to the toes of my right foot and ended just short of mobilizing my left knee. It had what looked like a broomstick embedded in the cast which stabilized the cast and also served as a handle for when I had to be moved from one place to another. The cast had an opening at the top of my legs for the performance of bodily functions. I loved in that cast for four months. I had to learn to walk all over again. I had a tutor during that time and when I went back to school, I was ahead of the class. I will never forget the nabe, femur.

jdarmstrong

Knew that because I snapped the head of mine in half, after dislocating it, or maybe before dislocation. The ball that goes in the hip socket is the part that snapped in half. Has three screws in it now. Getting a hip replacement soon.