Endochondral longbone connecting the pelvic girdle with posterior zeugopodium skeleton.[VSAO, modified]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femur VSAO:0000186 ]

Synonyms: thigh bone

This is just here as a test because I lose it

Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Gray252.png

external definition

Endochondral longbone connecting the pelvic girdle with posterior zeugopodium.[VSAO]

Paired, elongate, cylindrical bones of endochondral origin that form the thighs, extending from the pelvic girdles to the knees.[AAO]

has related synonym

os femorale

mesomere 1 of pevlic appendage

femoral bone

os femoris

proximal metapterygial mesomere of pelvic appendage

os longissimum

proximal metapterygial mesomere of pelvic fin

homology notes

Most anatomists now agree that the three proximal bones of the tetrapod limbs are homologous to the two or three proximal elements of the paired fin skeleton of other sarcopterygians, that is the humerus-femur, radius-tibia, and ulna-fibula.[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0000981

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606