The gross anatomy of the Femur bone of ox

veterinary anatomy

1. FEMUR OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS

2. REGION : THIGH DIRECTION : OBLIQUELY DOWNWARD & FORWARD SHAPE : CYLINDRICAL POSITION : B/N HIP AND STIFLE JOINTS MASSIVE, STRONG, LONG BONE SHAFT & 2 EXTREMITIES CATTLE SHAFT P..EXTREMITY D.EXTREMITY

3. SHAFT 4 SURFACES, 2 BORDERS ANT., LATERAL & MEDIAL SURFACES -CONTINUOUS-CONVEX –Q.FEMORIS POST. -NARROW IN MIDDLE ,BELOW- VASCULAR IMPRESSION-FEMORAL V. MEDIAL BORDER -TROCHANTER MINOR TROCHANTERIC RIDGE TRO.MAJOR POSTERO-LATERAL BOUNDARY OF TR.FOSSA DISTAL THIRD-MEDIAL SUPRACONDYLOID CREST LATERAL BORDER -DIST.3 RD -SUPRACONDYLOID FOSSA-LATERAL SUPRACONDYLOID CREST

4. PROXIMAL EXTREMITY HEAD & TR.MAJOR HEAD-FOVEA CAPITIS-ROUND LIGAMENT OF HIP JOINT TR.MAJOR-MASSIVE-LATERAL FACE-CONVEX DISTAL EXTREMITY TROCHLEA-INFRONT & 2CONDYLES-BEHIND, OBLIQUE TROCHLEA-MEDIAL RIDGE-PROMINENT ARTICULATES WITH PATELLA CONDYLES-INTER CONDYLOID FOSSA INTER ARTICULAR CARTILAGES/MENISCI EXTENSOR FOSSA

5. CATTLE HORSE DOG FOWL TR.MINOR SMALL TUBEROSITY RIDGE TUBERCULUS ABSENT TR.MAJOR MASSIVE LATERAL FACE-CONVEX CONVEXITY SUMMIT CREST LOWER LEVEL-HEAD ONLY PRESENT TR.TERTIUS ABSENT PRESENT ABSENT ABSENT TR.RIDGE OBLIQUE VERTICAL SLIGHTLY OBLIQUE ABSENT SUPRA CONDYLOID FOSSA PRESENT DEEPER ABSENT ABSENT TROCHLEAR RIDGES MEDIAL-PROMINENT MEDIAL-PROMINENT EQUAL EQUAL WIDELY PLACED FABELLA ABSENT ABSENT PRESENT ABSENT SPECIES DIFFERENCES

6. TRIANGULAR-SESAMOID INFRONT –TROCHLEA OF FEMUR 2 SURFACES,3 BORDERS, 3 ANGLES ANT.- ROUGH CONVEX POST.-RIDGE DORSAL BORDER-BASE LAT AND MED.-IRREGULAR LATERAL ANGLE-BLUNT VENTRAL-APEX PATELLA FEMUR TIBIA POSTERIOR