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
- MESH:D005272
- galen:NeckOfFemur
- Wikipedia:Femur_neck
- SCTID:361792007
- UMLS:C0015815 (ncithesaurus:Femoral_Neck)
- FMA:42385
- NCIT:C61563
- GAID:201
Subsets
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
Subclass of:
- neck of organ
- zone of long bone
- neck of bone element
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some femur
- part of some proximal metaphysis of femur
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