Femur And Tibia Bone. Numerous publications address lower extremity long bone nonunions. Detail of common seal harbor seal harbour seal Phoca vitulina skeleton showing phalanges tibia femur and fibula bones in hind limb Hand pressing on knee lateral view.
This review presents current trends and recent literature on the evaluation and treatment of nonunions of the tibia and femur. The femur is the only bone in the thigh and the longest bone in the body. The ossification or formation of the bone starts from three centers.
One in the shaft and one in each extremity.
One in the shaft and one in each extremity. The entire length of the tibia is covered in a layer of compact bone which gives the bone its strength. The following procedures can be applied to both femur and tibia. As in other vertebrates the tibia is one of two bones in the lower leg the other being the fibula and is a component of the knee and ankle joints.
