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What is the largest bone in the leg and the longest bone in the body?
The femur is the largest bone in the leg and the longest bone in the body.
Which bone is the medial leg bone?
The think lateral leg bone is the fibula. It is a non-weight bearing bone, but forms the lateral portion of your ankle joint.
Which bone in leg is weight bearing?
All the bones in the human leg are weight bearing except the fibula.
Were is the femur in the human body?
The femur, or thigh bone, is the most proximal (closest to the body) bone of the leg in vertebrates capable of walking or jumping.
Where in the human body would you find the femur?
It is the large bone that forms the top of the leg.
What is the scientific name for leg bones?
Femur (thigh bone)Fibula (the smaller lower leg bone)Tibia (larger lower leg bone)
Can you compare a breastbone and a leg bone?
Breast bone is round and a leg bone is straight
What serves as the solid base of the hips?
The pelvic bone forms the solid base of the leg joints and the spinal column.
What is the serves as solid base of the hips?
The pelvic bone forms the solid base of the leg joints and the spinal column.
How is the patella different from other leg bones?
The patella is a unique bone in the leg because it is a sesamoid bone, meaning it forms within a tendon. It serves to protect the knee joint and improve the mechanical advantage of the quadriceps muscles. Other leg bones, such as the femur, tibia, and fibula, are long bones that provide support and structure to the leg.
What bone is longest the chest bone or the lower leg bone?
By the 'chest bone' do you mean the sternum? And which 'lower leg bone', the tibia or the fibula? If by 'chest bone' you mean the sternum, both of the 'lower leg bones' are longer.
What is the femur in the body?
The femor bone is in your leg ... it's upper half of the leg
