femur

Summary

femur ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,253 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• femur is a type of long bone^[2].
• femur is a type of particular anatomical entity^[3].
• femur is a type of human bone^[4].
• femur is a type of endochondral bone^[5].
• femur is a type of bones of free part of lower limb^[6].
• femur is part of bones of free part of lower limb^[7].
• femur's Commons category is recorded as Femur^[8].
• femur comprises upper extremity of femur^[9].
• femur comprises body of femur^[10].
• femur comprises lower extremity of femur^[11].
• femur's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Femur^[12].
• femur's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)^[13].
• femur's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[14].
• femur's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12717^[15].
• femur's different from is recorded as Fima^[16].
• femur's has part is recorded as zone of femur^[17].
• femur's has part is recorded as anatomical line of femur^[18].
• femur's has part is recorded as region of surface of femur^[19].
• femur's connects with is recorded as hip bone^[20].
• femur's connects with is recorded as patella^[21].
• femur's connects with is recorded as tibia^[22].
• femur's connects with is recorded as hip joint^[23].
• femur's muscle origin is recorded as gastrocnemius muscle^[24].
• femur's muscle origin is recorded as vastus lateralis muscle^[25].
• femur's muscle origin is recorded as vastus medialis^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include long bone^[2], particular anatomical entity^[3], human bone^[4], endochondral bone^[5], and bones of free part of lower limb^[6].

Use and Application

Components include upper extremity of femur^[9], a class of anatomical entity^[27]; body of femur^[10], a chiral organism subdivision type^[28]; and lower extremity of femur^[11], a class of anatomical entity^[29]. femur is part of bones of free part of lower limb^[7].

Why It Matters

femur ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,253 views/month).^[1] femur has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] femur is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]