Anatomy and Physiology

The femur or thigh bone, is the most proximal

(closest to the center of the body) bone of
the leg in tetrapod vertebrates capable
of walking or jumping.
The femur is found only in rear legs. The head of
the femur articulates with the acetabulum in
the pelvic bone forming the hip joint, while
the distal part of the femur articulates with
the tibia and patella forming the knee joint.
By most measures the femur is the strongest
bone in the body. The femur is also the longest
bone in the body.
The femur is the longest, heaviest and by most
measures the strongest bone in the human body.
Its length is 26% of the person's height, a ratio
that is useful in anthropology because it offers a
basis for a reasonable estimate of a subject's
height from an incomplete skeleton.
The femur is categorized as a long bone and
comprises a diaphysis, the shaft and
two epiphysis or extremities that articulate with
adjacent bones in the hip and knee

Types of Fracture
Complete fracture