thigh bone
Longest skeletal segment
The thigh bone is the femur—the large bone running from hip to knee.
It's the longest and strongest bone in the human body: The X-ray showed a fracture in her thigh bone.
The term is informal compared to the anatomical femur.
- femurUpper leg bone
- hipFashionable or pelvic joint
- ball and socketJoint allowing rotation
- pelvisBony basin at waist
- kneeLeg's middle hinge
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