Anatomy
femur Audio
fe·mur [ fee-mer ]
Subclass of:
Bone structure of lower limb
Etymology:
Latin femur = thigh
The adjective femoral is used of various structures in the thigh.
Definitions related to femur:
  • Long bone, each instance of which articulates with some hip bone, patella and tibia.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • Longest and largest bone of the skeleton, it is situated between the hip and the knee.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The bone positioned between the pelvis and the femorotibial joint.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • The longest and largest bone of the skeleton, it is situated between the hip and the knee.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The upper leg bone positioned between the pelvis and the knee.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Thigh bone.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • Femur, upper bone of the leg or hind leg. The head forms a ball-and-socket joint with the hip (at the acetabulum), being held in place by a ligament (ligamentum teres femoris) within the socket and by strong surrounding ligaments. In humans the neck of the femur connects the shaft and head at a...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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