Femur head
| Bone: Femur head | |
|---|---|
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| Upper extremity of right femur viewed from behind and above. | |
| Latin | caput femoris |
| Gray's | subject #59 243 |
| MeSH | femur+head |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
c_08/12211984 |
The femur head which is globular and forms rather more than a hemisphere, is directed upward, medialward, and a little forward, the greater part of its convexity being above and in front.
Its surface is smooth, coated with cartilage in the fresh state, except over an ovoid depression, the fovea capitis femoris, which is situated a little below and behind the center of the head, and gives attachment to the ligamentum teres.
Additional images
Radiograph of a healthy human hip joint
Right femur. Anterior surface.
Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis.
The Obturator externus.
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