femur
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At the other end of the room, Ahmat Adam Ateib, 22, has a metal rod in his right leg, to mend a double fracture of his femur.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Their goal was to estimate how much stress gravity and body weight placed on the femur when the animals stood on two legs.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 30, 2026
The new method, developed in the US, involved placing a lengthening nail - known as a motorised telescopic nail - on the surface of Alfie's femur, the long bone in the thigh.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
An MRI eventually revealed that the top of his femur, or thigh bone, was near fracture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
Twelve years ago, he was a professional hockey player better known as the Slammer, until he shattered his femur against another player’s head.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
Long bones such as ribs or femora are typically used, but they are not always preserved.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 9, 2025
"Upon opening the grave, the skull and femora were found in a 'skull and crossbones' orientation on top of the ribs and vertabrae, which were also found in disarray," the study's authors wrote.
From Fox News ● Aug. 5, 2019
Sometimes the lower part of the hind leg, called the femora, is enlarged too.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 20, 2013
Black, smooth, and shining, very delicately and indistinctly aciculate; the antennæ beneath and the tibiæ and femora obscurely ferruginous, the anterior and intermediate tibiæ brightest; the apex of the mandibles ferruginous.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
The legs reddish-yellow, with the coxæ and base of the femora black; the wings hyaline; the tegulæ yellow, the nervures pale testaceous.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
The team created digital reconstructions of femurs from seven different sauropods.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 30, 2026
His meticulously assembled forest of skulls, femurs, tibiae, and fibulae isn’t sacrilege; it’s a memorial.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
She said that, because of the rampant theft of some of the femurs, tibias and skulls in the past, the bones were now cemented together.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
The head of the newly-opened Syrian Identification Centre is standing next to two tables, covered in femurs.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
And Lee carefully packed the bones, femurs, and tibias really straight, skull in the middle, with pelvis and clavicle surrounding it and ribs curving on either side.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - High School
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