femur
Example Sentences
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A small section of hip was left of the torso, and there was enough bone in the femur and the hip for pathologists to match them together, confirming it was the same individual.
From BBC
Thought to be made from a cattle femur, this decorated Anglo-Saxon spindle whorl, used to provide weight while spinning yarn, was unearthed from farmland near Bishopstone, Buckinghamshire.
From BBC
His meticulously assembled forest of skulls, femurs, tibiae, and fibulae isn’t sacrilege; it’s a memorial.
From Salon
Make that dropped me down, for like many older people, I have had my falls; the worst a few years ago resulting in a fractured femur.
About twenty years later, scientists reported analyses of additional bones from the same discovery, including forearm bones known as ulnae and a thigh bone called the femur.
From Science Daily
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