Asked in Skeletal System
Skeletal System
What is the function of the human femur?
Answer
Wiki User
December 19, 2008 11:00PM
i think its function is to connect your upper body to your lower body to join the both together The femur has tow functions in the human body. Is the only bone in the thigh and thus it must support all the weight of the body. It also forms an atachment sight for the muscles that act to move the thigh and the knee joint.
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