femur

Example Sentences

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Their goal was to estimate how much stress gravity and body weight placed on the femur when the animals stood on two legs.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

Far out in the desert, the researchers gaped at the six-foot-long femur, the jaw, teeth, and base of the crest.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The new method, developed in the US, involved placing a lengthening nail - known as a motorised telescopic nail - on the surface of Alfie's femur, the long bone in the thigh.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

An MRI eventually revealed that the top of his femur, or thigh bone, was near fracture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Abbott was thrilled when his associate Ernest Volk dug up a human femur deep in the gravel of the farm.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann