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Leg bones are the bones found in the leg. These can include the following: Femur – The bone in the thigh. Patella – The knee cap; Tibia – The shin bone, the larger of the two leg bones located below the knee cap; Fibula – The smaller of the two leg bones located below the patella
In anatomy, the thigh is the area between the hip and the knee.Anatomically, it is part of the lower limb. [1]The single bone in the thigh is called the femur.This bone is very thick and strong (due to the high proportion of bone tissue), and forms a ball and socket joint at the hip, and a modified hinge joint at the knee.
The leg is the entire lower limb of the human body, including the foot, thigh or sometimes even the hip or buttock region. The major bones of the leg are the femur (thigh bone), tibia (shin bone), and adjacent fibula. There are 60 bones in each leg. The thigh is located in between the hip and knee.
The hip flexors, located near the top of the thighs, and the hip abductors, which line the back and outside part of the hip, can very commonly be irritated, says Thomas.
The femur is the largest and thickest bone in the human body. It is considered the strongest bone by some measures, though other tests suggest the temporal bone may be stronger. On average, the femur length accounts for 26.74% of a person's height, [4] a ratio found in both men and women across most ethnic groups with minimal
In the thigh, the nerve lies in a groove between iliacus muscle and psoas major muscles, outside the femoral sheath, and lateral to the femoral artery. After a short course of about 4 cm in the thigh, the nerve is divided into anterior and posterior divisions, separated by lateral femoral circumflex artery.
In anatomy, the thigh is the area of the lower extremity between the knee and the pelvis. Thigh may also refer to: Thigh (poultry), a cut of poultry; Thigh bone, also known as the femur; Thigh kick, a move in Muay Thai; Thigh strap (disambiguation), various meanings; Thigh lock, a type of compression lock; Thigh-high boots, a type of boots
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