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Q: What is the difference in the lower extremity thigh and leg?
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What is the difference between lower extremity thigh and leg?

upper thigh= top part of your leg hip= to the left and right of the belly, on the sides of your body


What is the icd9 code for gun shot wound to lower extremity?

you would look under "wound" then "open" then the body part so if its the lower leg it is Icd 9891.0, the thigh Icd9 890.0


What do you call the part of the leg from the waist to the knee?

If it is below the inner thigh, it has to be the lower leg and if about the knee is the thigh, itself. There is no name for what you described.


What is the most powerful group of leg muscles called?

The quadriceps muscles of the thigh consists of four distinct muscles. This muscle group is the most powerful one in the lower extremity of the human body.


Another name for a leg?

A human leg could be referred to as a lower extremity.


What portion of the lower extremity is found distal to the knee and proximal to the ankle?

The portion of the lower extremity found distal to the knee and proximal to the ankle is the shin or the lower leg. It consists of the tibia bone at the front and the fibula bone at the back.


Which is the medial bone of lower extremity?

Tibia is the medial bone of the lower extremity


What is the pressure point of the thigh?

The pressure point of the thigh is on the inside, near where the leg joins the hip. This is where you push to stop bleeding in the lower leg.


The abbreviation LE stands for the leg?

LE in medical terminology stands for Lower Extremity.


Which bone in the leg is equivalent to the humerus?

Femur bone is equivalent bone to humerus, in lower extremity.


What is the scientific name for leg bones?

Femur (thigh bone)Fibula (the smaller lower leg bone)Tibia (larger lower leg bone)


What is lower leg and upper leg?

the upper legs of a frog have less power than the back legs and they are different in lenth.