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The knee joint joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two articulations: one between the femur and tibia and one between the femur and patella. It is the […]

The acetabulum /æsɨˈtæbjʊləm/ (cotyloid cavity) is a concave surface of the pelvis. The head of the femur meets with the pelvis at the acetabulum forming the hip joint.

The femur (/ˈfiːmər/) (pl. femurs or femora (/ˈfɛmərə/)) or thigh bone is the most proximal (closest to the center of the body) bone of the leg in tetrapod vertebrates capable […]

In human anatomy the clavicle or collarbone is a long bone that serves as a strut between the scapula and the sternum. It is the only long bone in the […]

The levator ani is a broad thin muscle situated on the side of the pelvis.It is attached to the inner surface of the side of the lesser pelvis and unites […]

In human anatomy the ureters are tubes made of smooth muscle fibers that propel urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder. In the adult the ureters are usually 25–30 […]

For the alien race in Stephen R. Donaldson’s The Gap Cycle see Amnion (Gap Cycle).The amnion is a membrane that when first formed closely covers the embryo. It fills with […]

The amniotic sac (also bag of waters) is the sac in which the fetus develops in amniotes. It is a thin but tough transparent pair of membranes which hold a […]

A bulbourethral gland also called a Cowper’s gland for English anatomist William Cowper is one of two small exocrine glands present in the reproductive system of many male mammals (of […]

In female human anatomy the clitoral hood (also called praeputium clitoridis and clitoral prepuce) is a fold of skin that surrounds and protects the glans of the clitoris; it also […]