Lower Limb: ing the Bones of the Thigh and Leg The femor is the long bone of the

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Lower Limb: ing the Bones of the Thigh and Leg The femor is the long bone of the thigh. It is the h largest,and loegest bone of the body On the skeleton, notice that the enur contributes to the formation of two myjoe joints: the hip and the knee. Why do you think the femur is ch a lange and massive bone? trochanter Greater Fernoral head Intertrochanteric line 0 A pensonls beight can be etinated by measuring the length of the femur and maltiplying that value by four Measuee the length of a disarticulated femur and estimate the height of the individual Lesser trochanter Lirvea asper Anter Shaft 1 Length of fiemur(cm) 2. Etimated height (cm) Estimated beight( Popliteal surface Adductor tubercle Patellar surface OOn a dkedletom or disurticulated emut, identify the bone marking ubeled in the figues on the right Lateral epicondyle Medial- epicondyle Medial fossa er h bone marking lhted n the table specalate on its check mark in the appropriute function column function by placing a Attachment site for tendons and igaments aspera

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** I am answering the very first question i.e. 2. Please post rest of the parts separately. Note that for part 3, you need to provide the length of the femur.

Answer 2.

Femur is a long and massive bone because of the following reasons:

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