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The femur

Descriptive anatomy of the body’s longest bone: shaft, epiphyses, attachments, and clinical landmarks.

  • 20 explained questions
  • 19 flashcards
  • 78 estimated course minutes

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What you will learn

  • Orient the femur and identify its major bony landmarks.
  • Describe the linea aspera, epiphyses, and their relations.
  • Relate the level of a fracture to the corresponding vascular, neural, and articular risks.

Course outline

  1. Orienting the femur before naming its landmarks

    A simple orientation makes the shaft, both ends and articular relationships of the femur readable.

    8 min

  2. Read the shaft through its surfaces and linea aspera

    The triangular shaft organizes thigh attachments around a posterior landmark: the linea aspera.

    22 min

  3. Connect head, neck and trochanters

    The proximal end turns the shaft into an articular segment and an attachment field for the hip.

    20 min

  4. Recognize the distal epiphysis at the knee

    The trochlea, condyles and intercondylar fossa form the two articular contacts of the distal femur.

    14 min

  5. Clinical implications and fracture assessment

    Relate fractures of the neck, shaft, and distal femur to the structures at risk and the priority examinations.

    14 min

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