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What is the scientific name for the femur?
The thighbone's scientific name is the femur.
What bone is distal to the femur?
Yes, the patella is distal to the femur. This is because the patella is more distant than the femur to the attachment point to the trunk of the body. You can also say the femur is proximal to the patella.
How pounds does it take to break a humans femur?
It depends how hard you pound. The harder you pound, the fewer times you have to do it before the femur breaks. And it also depends on how strong the femur is, and what area you spread the pound over. Different peoples femurs have different strengths.
What is the other name for femur?
another name for the femur is the thigh bone
Articulates with the coxal bone?
The femur articulates with the coxal bone at the hip joint. This joint is a ball-and-socket joint, allowing for a wide range of movement in the hip. The femur head fits into the acetabulum of the coxal bone.
Which is the biggest bone in the humans?
The femur
What is the femur essential for?
Walking. In humans, the angle of the femur is essential in our ability to walk bipedal.
In humans the pelvis and the femur or thighbone are involved in walking in whales the pelvis and femur are used for what?
Vestigal Structures.
What is the longest bone of humans?
The femur or thigh-bone.
Which bone in a dogs body is the strongest?
As well as humans it is the femur
Why does the femur have its shape?
In humans, femur is the longest and largest bone. It is one of the two strongest bones in the body, along with the temporal bone of the skull.
What does the femur do in a cow?
The femur in a cow has the exact same purpose as it does for us humans: it provides support for a bovine to use to be able to move and stand on.
Is the spine the longest bone in the body?
no its not the longest bone in human body....its the thigh bone which is the longest bone in humans....
What is the humans body's longest bone?
femur or thigh bone
What is the largest bone in a monkey?
Well I cant seem to find it on Google, but Monkeys are very similar to humans. The thigh bone or femur is the largest bone in human body. So my guess, Femur Bone.
What does femur mean?
The Femur is the bone that goes from your hip down to your knee. Femur length would mean how long the Femur is.
Which bone is the longest in the human skeleton Fibula Femur Tibia?
The femur.
