Femur

"Femur" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The longest and largest bone of the skeleton, it is situated between the hip and the knee.

Descriptor ID	D005269
MeSH Number(s)	A02.835.232.043.650.247
Concept/Terms	Femur Femur Femurs Trochanter Trochanter Trochanters Greater Trochanter Greater Trochanter Greater Trochanters Trochanter, Greater Trochanters, Greater Lesser Trochanter Lesser Trochanter Lesser Trochanters Trochanter, Lesser Trochanters, Lesser

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Anatomy [A]
Musculoskeletal System [A02]
Skeleton [A02.835]
Bone and Bones [A02.835.232]
Bones of Lower Extremity [A02.835.232.043]
Leg Bones [A02.835.232.043.650]
Femur [A02.835.232.043.650.247]

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Bar chart showing 40 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1997	1	0	1
1999	0	1	1
2002	1	0	1
2004	1	1	2
2005	0	1	1
2007	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	1	2
2011	0	3	3
2012	2	0	2
2013	1	1	2
2014	3	2	5
2015	0	3	3
2016	0	1	1
2017	0	2	2
2018	1	2	3
2020	1	1	2
2021	1	1	2
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	2	2

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Richard MJ, Lo GH, Driban JB, Canavatchel AR, LaValley M, Zhang M, Price LL, Miller E, Eaton CB, McAlindon TE. Knee cartilage change on magnetic resonance imaging: Should we lump or split topographical regions? A 2-year study of data from the osteoarthritis initiative. Clin Anat. 2024 Mar; 37(2):210-217.

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Shah HN, Barrett AA, Finlay AK, Arora P, Bellino MJ, Bishop JA, Gardner MJ, Miller MD, Huddleston JI, Maloney WJ, Goodman SB, Amanatullah DF. Arthroplasty for femoral neck fractures is at risk for under restoration of lateral femoral offset. Hip Int. 2024 Jan; 34(1):134-143.

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Braun BM, Ross JA, Swart EF. "Nailable" Does Not Always Mean Reducible in Distal Femur Fractures: Arthroplasty Component and Nail Design Matter. Orthopedics. 2023 Jan-Feb; 46(1):35-38.

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Schoretsanitis G, Carlini SV, John M, Kane JM, Deligiannidis KM. Antenatal Antidepressant Prescription Associated With Reduced Fetal Femur Length but Not Estimated Fetal Weight: A Retrospective Ultrasonographic Study. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2021 Sep-Oct 01; 41(5):571-578.

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Harkey MS, Driban JB, Kuenze C, Zhang M, Salzler MJ. Pre-Operative Femoral Cartilage Ultrasound Characteristics Are Altered in People Who Report Symptoms at 1 year After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2021 07; 47(7):1976-1984.

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Li Z, Oh H, Cung M, Marquez SJ, Sun J, Hammad H, Janssens S, Pouliot P, Lambrecht BN, Yang YS, Shim JH, Greenblatt MB. TAOK3 is a MAP3K contributing to osteoblast differentiation and skeletal mineralization. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2020 10 22; 531(4):497-502.

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Lisee C, McGrath ML, Kuenze C, Zhang M, Salzler M, Driban JB, Harkey MS. Reliability of a Novel Semiautomated Ultrasound Segmentation Technique for Assessing Average Regional Femoral Articular Cartilage Thickness. J Sport Rehabil. 2020 Sep 01; 29(7):1042-1046.

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Chiu WK, Vien BS, Russ M, Fitzgerald M. Towards a Non-Invasive Technique for Healing Assessment of Internally Fixated Femur. Sensors (Basel). 2019 Feb 19; 19(4).

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Debnath S, Yallowitz AR, McCormick J, Lalani S, Zhang T, Xu R, Li N, Liu Y, Yang YS, Eiseman M, Shim JH, Hameed M, Healey JH, Bostrom MP, Landau DA, Greenblatt MB. Discovery of a periosteal stem cell mediating intramembranous bone formation. Nature. 2018 10; 562(7725):133-139.

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MacKay JW, Kapoor G, Driban JB, Lo GH, McAlindon TE, Toms AP, McCaskie AW, Gilbert FJ. Association of subchondral bone texture on magnetic resonance imaging with radiographic knee osteoarthritis progression: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative Bone Ancillary Study. Eur Radiol. 2018 Nov; 28(11):4687-4695.

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