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Endochondral longbone connecting the pelvic girdle with posterior zeugopodium.[VSAO], Paired, elongate, cylindrical bones of endochondral origin that form the thighs, extending from the pelvic girdles to the knees.[AAO]

uberon

os femorale, mesomere 1 of pevlic appendage, femoral bone, os femoris, os longissimum, proximal metapterygial mesomere of pelvic appendage, proximal metapterygial mesomere of pelvic fin

femoral

Most anatomists now agree that the three proximal bones of the tetrapod limbs are homologous to the two or three proximal elements of the paired fin skeleton of other sarcopterygians, that is the humerus-femur, radius-tibia, and ulna-fibula.[well established][VHOG]

UBERON:0000981

• hip bone mineral density
• intertrochanteric region size
• femoral neck size

• hip fracture
• femur fracture
• idiopathic osteonecrosis of the femoral head

• diaphysis of femur
• metaphysis of femur
• trochanter