The femur neck or neck of the femur is a flattened pyramidal process of bone, connecting the femoral head with the femoral shaft, and forming with the latter a wide angle opening medialward. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femur_neck ]
Synonyms: femoral neck
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Term information
database cross reference
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0015815
- galen:NeckOfFemur
- MESH:A02.835.232.500.247.510
- UMLS:C0015815 (ncithesaurus:Femoral_Neck)
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femur_neck
- GAID:201
- FMA:42385
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/361792007
- NCIT:C61563
Subsets
pheno_slim
Term relations
Subclass of:
- neck of organ
- zone of long bone
- neck of bone element
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some proximal metaphysis of femur
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