Sunday, November 13, 2011

Our Thigh

The single bone in the thigh is called the femur. This bone is very thick and strong (due to the high proportion of cortical bone), and forms a ball and socket joint at the hip, and a condylar joint at the knee.

Let's take a look at the digram of a man's right thigh.

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