Anatomy
·Lower Limb
Femur
⭐ PREMIUM
The femur is the longest, strongest bone. Its neck blood supply and fracture patterns dominate orthopaedic vivas.
PROXIMAL END
• Head (with fovea for the ligamentum teres), neck, greater + lesser trochanters, intertrochanteric line (ant.) and crest (post.).
• Neck-shaft angle ~125° (coxa vara if reduced, coxa valga if increased).
SHAFT & DISTAL END
• Linea aspera posteriorly (muscle attachment…
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