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  2. Human leg - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the lower leg is the part of the lower limb that lies between the knee and the ankle. [1] Anatomists restrict the term leg to this use, rather than to the entire lower limb. [6] The thigh is between the hip and knee and makes up the rest of the lower limb. [1] The term lower limb or lower extremity is commonly used to describe ...

  3. Leg - Wikipedia

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    A leg is a weight-bearing and locomotive anatomical structure, usually having a columnar shape. During locomotion, legs function as "extensible struts". [ 1 ] The combination of movements at all joints can be modeled as a single, linear element capable of changing length and rotating about an omnidirectional "hip" joint.

  4. Leg bone - Wikipedia

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    Lower portion of a human skeleton. Leg bones are the bones found in the leg. These can include the following: Femur – The bone in the thigh. Patella – The knee cap; Tibia – The shin bone, the larger of the two leg bones located below the knee cap; Fibula – The smaller of the two leg bones located below the patella

  5. Human leg found abandoned on New York Subway track - AOL

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    A human leg has been found abandoned on a New York subway track, police said, sparking an investigation into who it once belonged to and how they lost it.

  6. Femur - Wikipedia

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    The femur is the largest and thickest bone in the human body. It is considered the strongest bone by some measures, though other studies suggest the temporal bone may be stronger. On average, the femur length accounts for 26.74% of a person's height, [4] a ratio found in both men and women across most ethnic groups with minimal variation.

  7. 2 Human Legs and Femur Found on California Shoreline in ... - AOL

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    Within 48 hours, two human legs and a femur were found washed up on the California shoreline. On Christmas morning, officers responded to the shoreline near the 800 block of Paseo Del Mar ...

  8. Human Leg Bones Discovered in Philadelphia Park as ... - AOL

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    Two human leg bones were recently found at a Philadelphia park, although authorities are still trying to figure out who they belong to and what might have happened to them.

  9. List of bones of the human skeleton - Wikipedia

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    The appendicular skeleton, comprising the arms and legs, including the shoulder and pelvic girdles, contains 126 bones, bringing the total for the entire skeleton to 206 bones. Infants are born with about 270 bones [ 4 ] with most of it being cartilage, but will later fuse together and decrease over time to 206 bones.