femur
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Their goal was to estimate how much stress gravity and body weight placed on the femur, or thigh bone, when each dinosaur shifted its weight onto its hind legs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
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
Researchers have so far recovered 49 bone pieces including a femur, vertebrae and ribs, it added.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
"Mum tried to get to the bathroom in the night, slipped on water from a leak the hotel had already been told about, and fell. We later learned she'd broken her femur."
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
Skin and bones dancing, lips upcurled like oyster shells, a no-count man with a femur in his hair.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Long bones such as ribs or femora are typically used, but they are not always preserved.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 9, 2025
"Upon opening the grave, the skull and femora were found in a 'skull and crossbones' orientation on top of the ribs and vertabrae, which were also found in disarray," the study's authors wrote.
From Fox News ● Aug. 5, 2019
Sometimes the lower part of the hind leg, called the femora, is enlarged too.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 20, 2013
Legs moderately long and slender; posterior femora with minute spines beneath.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Abdomen ochraceous, black at the tip; femora testaceous at the base; halteres testaceous.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
The team created digital reconstructions of femurs from seven different sauropods.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 30, 2026
His meticulously assembled forest of skulls, femurs, tibiae, and fibulae isn’t sacrilege; it’s a memorial.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
She said that, because of the rampant theft of some of the femurs, tibias and skulls in the past, the bones were now cemented together.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
You can see that he’s a tad lopsided on the left side, presumably because Victor couldn’t find matching femurs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
And Lee carefully packed the bones, femurs, and tibias really straight, skull in the middle, with pelvis and clavicle surrounding it and ribs curving on either side.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - High School
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