The femur — your thigh bone — is the largest and strongest bone in your body. When the femur breaks, it takes a long time to heal. Breaking your femur can make everyday tasks much more difficult ...

DALLAS -- A group of North Texas doctors and scientists printed part of a human femur -- the longest and strongest bone in the body -- that mimics the strength, flexibility and overall mechanics of a ...

A shape comparison of the most complete fossil femur (thigh bone) of one of the earliest known pre-humans, or hominins, with the femora of living apes, modern humans and other fossils, indicates the ...

At the time of presentation, the patient was a 17-year-old male referred for evaluation of chronic right hip pain and limb length discrepancy, which was managed with a shoe lift.His surgical history ...

Researchers at the University of Cape Town’s department of biological sciences have discovered an unusual bone tissue pattern that could have been caused by a degenerative bone disease in the femur of ...