What is your femur bone?

If you’ve ever wondered what that long bone in your leg is called, wonder no more! Your femur (or as the cool kids say – your thighbone) is actually pretty important. Here’s everything you need to know about it:

The Basics

  • The femur is the longest and strongest bone in the human body. So if you’re looking for a good weapon during a zombie apocalypse, this might be it.
  • It’s also part of the hip joint, which means it’s responsible for all sorts of fancy movements like walking and running … or just hobbling along pretending to be a zombie.
  • At each end of the femur there are some bumpy bits called condyles, which connect up with other bones forming our lovely joints.

Anatomy

Now let’s get down to some nitty-gritty anatomy details!

Head

Nope not yours – we mean at the top of your femur!
The head sits nicely inside something called an acetabulum – which forms part of your pelvis.
This joint allows us to have flexibility and movement at our hips that most animals can only dream about.

Neck

Nope not around yours but above your thigh bone!
The neck on your femur connects its head piece-shaped-condyles
Surprisingly fun fact: falls account for most fractures in this area typically seen more often elderly people who probably do move like they were still young bucks.

Shaft

And finally! We reach shaft??
No we are not talking about any male sexual organs here wink well maybe 😁.. by now we all should know there’s nothing misplaced so breathe easy🙂
Shaft refers to what many would recognize as their actual ‘femur’
It spreads down from knee joint
Its muscular attachment point seems wider than thigh points thus reinforcing stability as its upwards end part fuses with pelvis resultant of their convex shape.

What’s Femur Good For Anyway?

The not-so-silly answer is that it basically holds us up and allows us to move around.
But besides those boring aspects, there are some other cool things about it:

Bone Marrow

One fun fact : Be neat to know: The femur is the largest bone marrow storage area in our body!
So if you’re ever in a horrible accident and need a bone marrow transplant – one option would be removing some from your femurs.

Hard Core Exercise

Given above point sticking with cardio excercises which force bones at work can stimulate more production and better utilization of stem cells; impact activities as running or jumping exercises , squats Additionally encouraged can potentially strengthen bones making less susceptible to breakage over time.

Conclusion

So we’ve only scratched surface regarding details bout our mega-beefy thighbones can’t wait for you see what’re capable of while game playing with friends…so Bend your knees slightly then Jump high until your thighs are parallel & aim higher 🙂

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