femur
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It was chosen because this animal’s femur lacks a crest or raised bony protrusion – known as a trochanter – where part of the tail musculature would attach.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Their goal was to estimate how much stress gravity and body weight placed on the femur, or thigh bone, when each dinosaur shifted its weight onto its hind legs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
In addition, she claimed the council continued to pursue enforcement action, during a stint in hospital having fallen from her horse and which led to a broken femur.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Researchers have so far recovered 49 bone pieces including a femur, vertebrae and ribs, it added.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Abbott was thrilled when his associate Ernest Volk dug up a human femur deep in the gravel of the farm.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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
Ferruginous, entirely smooth and shining; the thorax, legs, and abdomen more or less obscure, the femora being usually rufo-piceous; the mandibles striated with their margins black.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Femorate -us: with abnormal or unusually developed femora or thighs.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
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
You can see that he’s a tad lopsided on the left side, presumably because Victor couldn’t find matching femurs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 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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