Femur head

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Bone: Femur head
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.

External links

• Cross section at UV pembody/body15a

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v • d • e Bones of lower limbs
Femur	head of femur (fovea capitis femoris) · neck of femur · greater trochanter · trochanteric fossa · lesser trochanter · tubercle of the femur · intertrochanteric line · intertrochanteric crest · linea quadrata body (linea aspera, third trochanter, pectineal line, adductor tubercle) lower extremity (lateral condyle, medial condyle, lateral epicondyle, medial epicondyle, patellar surface)
Tibia	upper extremity medial condyle · lateral condyle · intercondyloid eminence · tuberosity of the tibia · posterior intercondyloid fossa · anterior intercondyloid fossa body soleal line lower extremity medial malleolus
Fibula	head of fibula · body of fibula · lateral malleolus
Tarsus	calcaneus (sustentaculum tali, trochlear process) · talus · navicular · cuboid · cuneiform (medial, intermediate, lateral)
Metatarsus	1st metatarsal · 2nd · 3rd · 4th · 5th
Other	patella · phalanges of the foot

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