Your femur connects many important muscles, tendons, and ligaments in your hips and knees to the other parts of your body, including parts of the circulatory system. More than that, it helps you carry ...

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 ...

Mechanical engineers designed a 3D-printed femur that could help doctors prepare for surgeries to repair bones and develop treatments for bone tumors. The study, which focused on the middle section of ...

UT Southwestern Medical Center orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Samade holds a 3D-printed radius, one of the two bones of the forearm, in Dallas on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. 3D-printed bones serve as a ...

University of Texas at Dallas mechanical engineers have designed a 3D-printed femur that could help doctors prepare for surgeries to repair bones and develop treatments for bone tumors. The engineers, ...

A broken femur that has healed is evidence that another person has taken time to stay with the fallen, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended them through recovery.

While fishing along the Brazos River in Texas, Scott Fuller spotted a floating piece of history: an 800-year-old human femur bone. Fuller found the bone floating about a foot from the river's shore, ...