leg bone
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflegandbone
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leg
noun[C]
uk/leɡ/us/leɡ/
one of the parts of the body of a human or animal that is used for standing ...
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bone
noun[C or U]
uk/bəʊn/us/boʊn/
any of the hard parts inside a human or animal that make up ...
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(Definition oflegandbonefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Its upperlegbone(femur) measures 86 mm in length, and its lowerlegbone(tibia) measures 104 mm in length.
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He also made her a decoratedlegbonefor her hair.
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The intermedullary interlocking nail is used to treat horses with longlegbonefractures.
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Last is a bulbous medial condyle of the tibiotarsus (lowerlegbone).
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This partiallegboneis dated to between 478,000 and 524,000 years old.
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A fibula (lowerlegbone) has been recovered that is about 3 feet (895 mm) long.
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One critic got the impression that the sculpture was thelegboneof some huge prehistoric animal.
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The single known fossil is a partial upperlegbone, specifically the lower section of the right tibiotarsus.
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The specific epithet refers to the slender and elongated tarsometatarsus, or lowerlegbone, of the species.
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However, because of the extreme length of their legs, they can be more liable to fracture of thelegbone.
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So the artery that runs near the smallerlegbonehad two names: the "peroneal artery" and the "fibular artery".
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Its upperlegbonewas half the size of its upper arm bone, and strong and thin.
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It is likely that this undescribedlegbonebelonged to the same individual animal as the neural spine.
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The femur (upperlegbone) is 32.5 to 41.0 mm (1.28 to 1.61 in) in length in nine specimens, averaging 36.5 mm (1.44 in).
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The trochleaa surface on the body of the bone that articulates with the tibia (lowerlegbone) is not large and pulley-like, as in talpids.
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They originally spotted a portion of alegboneexposed on the surface, and when they dug it up, they found the skull underneath.
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However, in larks the tarsus (the lowestlegbone, connected to the toes) has only one set of scales on the rear surface, which is rounded.
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