Femur

My first research experience started when I participated in bone scaffold designing project at the Cooper Union in Spring 2012, under the supervision of professor David Wootton at Cooper Union Department of Mechanical Engineering. The purpose of this study was to design and manufacture bone scaffold for orthopedic trauma, especially for segmented bone fracture. I worked with a senior mechanical engineering student who had been conducting the research as his senior capstone project. The first…

for the inevitable with my mom, dad and grandmother. The doctor came back in and told me that I had fractured my femur and that I needed to get metal rods in my leg to mend the bone back together. I was devastated because all this meant to me was that I couldn’t cheer.…

an “antagonist” to the hamstrings Vastus Medialis: Located in the thigh, it is a co-ordinator throughout the control of the extension of the knee. The Vastus Medialis is attatched to the Femur. Vastus Lateralis: It is the largest part of the thigh. The fibres run in a 12-15 degrees lateral direction to the Femur. If it has extreme tightness, it can cause real pain and discomfort because it may push the Patella out of place. Vastus Intermedialis: its Fibers run nearly in a directly vertical…

blocking a shot in goal or throwing throw-ins. As you can see, soccer takes advantage of your whole body and puts it to use. Running is a huge factor in soccer, you need to outrun your opponent. While taking a deeper look, we move our fibula, tibia, femur, and patella. To extend our knee we the major muscles in the thigh, the vastus lateralis, rectus femoris, vastus medialis and vastus intermedius. To run we use our biceps femoris which allows us to lift, bend, rotate your knee, and extend your…

Phase 4 – The contact phase (critical phase) (Figure 1d) is when the subject is making contact with the ball and accelerating the kicking leg into contact and into the follow through while maintaining balance on the opposite foot as without this the contact actions will change. Making contact under the ball to create height on the ball as well as power is also very important part of the defensive clearance movement. At this stage of the contact phase the standing leg will be secured in…

Injuries to the knee Lillie Thompson An estimated 6,664,324 knee injuries were presented to the emergency departments from 1999 through 2008, equaling 2.29 knee injuries per 1,000 individuals. It could be caused by sprains, strains, or other injuries to the ligaments and tendons that connect and support the kneecap. In particular, the most common major injury to the knee is the ACL or the MCL. Also, they are mentioned further in this essay. So in your knee, you have bones, articular…

movement the femoral head in the skeleton. Femoral head, which is the highest part of the femur head, is the site where avascular necrosis commonly occurs in the skeleton along with knees and hip in the skeleton. According to Cure search for children’s cancer, avascular necrosis usually affects the long bones ends such as the femur bone, which are the thighbone by causing problems in the hip and knee. Along with the femur, the avascular necrosis can cause a problem in ankles, shoulders and upper…

stature of the leg bones using the Asian Male formula, four different measurements were derived. The femur resulted in 63.77 inches, the fibula in 65. 58 inches, the tibia in 67. 42 inches, and the femur and tibia combined in 64.87 inches. This method gives us a stature range from 5”3 - 5”7. The Wilson et. al Method, using the leg bones for white males uses only the femur and the fibula. The femur results in 63.32 inches, while the fibula ended with 66.43 inches. This method gave a stature range…

is a tough, relatively inelastic band of tissue that connects one bone to another. As one of five ligaments in the knee, the PCL connects the femur to the tibia and prevents the tibia from sliding backwards. More specifically, the PCL helps to maintain proper alignment of the femur and tibia and keeps them in place so that it doesn 't slip over the femur and cause the knee to buckle, lock, or collapse. It also helps to prevent the tibia from twisting outwards. The Knee is a very complex part…

and bone features that they were talking about. When first assembling the body, they noticed that it was a female due to the size of the femoral head. I was able to relate to this due to the fact that I could recall that smaller femurs are found in females, and larger femurs are found in males. The body was also attacked in the head before her death, which led to Dr. Bones talking about various markings on the skull for a good part of the episode. By being able to understand exactly where the…