femur

femur

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000981

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

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database cross reference

galen:Femur
null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femur
null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0015811
FMA:9611
EMAPA:19143
BTO:0001284
NCIT:C12717
EFO:0001396
GAID:199
CALOHA:TS-0322
VHOG:0001159
null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/182046008
VSAO:0000186
UMLS:C0015811 (ncithesaurus:Femur)
OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjOJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
MA:0001359
AAO:0000889
AAO:0000887
MESH:D005269
XAO:0003214

Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

definition

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

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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 exact synonym

thigh bone

has obo namespace

uberon

has related synonym

proximal metapterygial mesomere of pelvic appendage
mesomere 1 of pevlic appendage
proximal metapterygial mesomere of pelvic fin
os femorale
os longissimum
femoral bone
os femoris

has relational adjective

femoral

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]