In human anatomy, the body of femur (or shaft of femur) is the almost cylindrical, long part of the femur. It is a little broader above than in the center...

knee. In humans the femur is the largest and thickest bone in the body. The femur is the only bone in the upper leg. The two femurs converge medially toward...

part of the femur articulates with the tibia and patella forming the knee. By most measures, the femur is the strongest bone in the body. The femur is also...

The greater trochanter of the femur is a large, irregular, quadrilateral eminence and a part of the skeletal system. It is directed lateral and medially...

fracture that involves the femur. They are typically sustained in high-impact trauma, such as car crashes, due to the large amount of force needed to break...

The femoral neck (femur neck or neck of the femur) is a flattened pyramidal process of bone, connecting the femoral head with the femoral shaft, and forming...

upper extremity, proximal extremity or superior epiphysis of the femur is the part of the femur closest to the pelvic bone and the trunk. It contains the...

The lower extremity of femur (or distal extremity) is the lower end of the femur (thigh bone) in human and other animals, closer to the knee. It is larger...

bones in total; 5 on each side) There are a total of 8 bones in the legs and 52 in the feet. Femur (2) Patella or kneecap (2) Tibia (2) Fibula (2) Foot...

confused with terms for bones: coxa (meaning hip, pl.: coxae), trochanter, femur (pl.: femora), tibia (pl.: tibiae), tarsus (pl.: tarsi), ischium (pl.: ischia)...

CD68 (Cluster of Differentiation 68) is a protein highly expressed by cells in the monocyte lineage (e.g., monocytic phagocytes, osteoclasts), by circulating...

largest bone in the human body, after the femur. The leg bones are the strongest long bones as they support the rest of the body. In human anatomy, the tibia...

Human Bodies To Break Down Carbon Nanotubes". Popular Science. Davey CA, Fenna RE (August 1996). "2.3 A resolution X-ray crystal structure of the bisubstrate...

aspects of the largest protein in the body]". Harefuah. 141 (7): 631–5, 665. PMID 12187564. Tskhovrebova L, Trinick J (November 2004). "Properties of titin...

identical). The active site of FAP is localized in the extracellular part of the protein and contains a catalytic triad composed of Ser624 Asp702 His734 in...

tissues in the body, including cartilage, bone, tendon, skin and the white part of the eye (sclera). The COL1A1 gene produces a component of type I collagen...

from the bodies and disc of the L1 to L5 vertebrae, joins with the iliacus via its tendon, and connects to the lesser trochanter of the femur. The iliacus...

joined with the two femurs at the hip joints. The gap enclosed by the bony pelvis, called the pelvic cavity, is the section of the body underneath the abdomen...

(distal phalange) of thigh/femur at hip Gluteus maximus Posterior compartment of thigh Biceps femoris Semitendinosus Semimembranosus of leg at knee (L3-L4)...

thigh with the leg and consists of two joints: one between the femur and tibia (tibiofemoral joint), and one between the femur and patella (patellofemoral...

homing receptor, ECM-III, and HUTCH-1. CD44 is expressed in a large number of mammalian cell types. The standard isoform, designated CD44s, comprising exons...

radialis brevis of finger Abductor digiti minimi Dorsal interossei of the hand of thumb Abductor pollicis longus Abductor pollicis brevis of femur at hip Gluteus...

National Library of Medicine. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine. "Entrez Gene:...

light chains of antibodies and components of T-cell receptors. The complex binds to the RSSs and nicks the DNA. This leads to the removal of the intervening...

at shoulder Deltoid muscle Supraspinatus Infraspinatus Teres minor of thigh/femur at hip Gluteus maximus Lateral rotator group piriformis gemellus superior...

characterization of a cDNA encoding a novel human growth factor for primitive hematopoietic progenitor cells". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the...

Ski/Sno/Dac family, shared by SKI protein, Dachshund, and SKIDA1. Members of the Ski/Sno/Dac family share a domain that is roughly 100 amino acids long...

tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases, is a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 28 kDa. TIMP1 is expressed from several tissues of organisms. This...

collagen. The associated protein is thought to contribute to the stabilization of myotendinous junctions and strengthen skeletal muscle attachments during muscle...

trochanter of the femur. Depending upon the given position of the leg, it acts either as external (lateral) rotator of the thigh or as abductor of the thigh...