In a femur X-ray, an X-ray machine sends a beam of radiation through the upper leg (the area between the hip and knee), and an image is recorded on special film or a computer. This image shows the ...

In a femur X-ray, an X-ray machine sends a beam of radiation through the upper leg (the area between the hip and knee), and an image is recorded on special film or a computer. This image shows the ...

Exercises to stretch and strengthen the muscles of the upper and lower leg are meant to keep these muscles flexible and strong, which is needed for good movement, balance and bone health. Improving ...

Femoral osteotomy is a surgical procedure that is performed to correct specific deformities of the femur – the long bone in the upper leg – and the hip joint. Orthopedic surgeons perform the operation ...

Lying on the pebbles and rocks of the riverbed at low tide was a human femur, or upper leg bone, which told a story far older than anyone had expected. Video by Sarah Lee The Europe boss of JP ...

An inside look at the structure of the knee. The knee is the joint where the bones of the lower and upper legs meet. The largest joint in the body, the knee moves like a hinge, allowing you to sit, ...

Flexion of the hip joint occurs when the femur (upper leg) moves forwards, which happens when long jumpers land or at the end of kick in football. Extension of the shoulder occurs when the humerus ...

One is part of the lower leg bone of a carnivore similar to Sarcosaurus; the other is from the upper leg bone of a Scelidosaurus, a four-legged herbivore. The two fossil bones, confirmed to be ...

In the 1950s, when they were discovered, the Ushikawa fossils were identified as parts of a human humerus (upper arm bone) and femur (leg bone), believed to be over 20,000 years old ...

A 19-year-old student whose persistent knee pain turned out to be a rare bone cancer has had her leg amputated in a ...