The femoral head is a round knob of bone at the top of the femur, also known as the thigh bone.
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Femoral
//ˈfɛ.mə.ɹəl//
Synonyms for "femoral"
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43 entriesShowing 16 of 43 words.
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2 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- бедрен adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
Catalan
1 entries- femoral adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
Czech
2 entries- femorální adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
- stehenní adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
Finnish
2 entries- femoraalinen adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
- reisi adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
French
1 entries- fémoral adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
German
4 entries- Oberschenkel adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
- Schenkel adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
- femoral adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
- femoralis adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
Interlingua
1 entries- femoral adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
Italian
1 entries- femorale adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
Latin
1 entries- femorālis adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
Portuguese
1 entries- femoral adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
Russian
1 entries- бе́дренный adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
Spanish
1 entries- femoral adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
Volapük
1 entries- femurik adj (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)
Sample sentences
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The method requires a rescuer or bystander to place his or her fist on the femoral artery, between the hip of the wounded leg and the genitals, and apply pressure using their full body weight to stop blood flow to the leg wound.
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Taylor says research has shown that compressing the femoral artery is more effective than applying pressure to a leg wound or using a makeshift tourniquet.
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The blood supply of the lower extremity comes from the external iliac artery, a branch of the common iliac, which passes obliquely downward and outward along the border of the psoas muscle to Poupart’s ligament, where it enters the thigh and becomes the femoral artery.
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