English > thigh: 2 senses > noun 1, body| Meaning | The part of the leg between the hip and the knee. |
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| Part of | leg | A human limb |
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| Parts | circumflex artery of the thigh, arteria circumflexa femoris | An artery that supplies the hip joint and thigh muscles |
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| femoral artery, arteria femoralis | The chief artery of the thigh |
| femoral nerve, nervus femoralis, anterior crural nerve | One of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh |
| femoral vein, vena femoralis | A vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the same sheath |
| femur, thighbone, femoris | The longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton |
| hip, hip joint, coxa, articulatio coxae | The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum |
| musculus adductor brevis | The short adductor muscle of the thigh |
| musculus adductor longus | The long adductor muscle of the thigh |
| musculus adductor magnus, great adductor muscle | The muscle that adducts and extends the thigh |
| musculus biceps femoris, femoral biceps | The biceps muscle of the thigh |
| quadriceps, quadriceps femoris, musculus quadriceps femoris, quad | A muscle of the thigh that extends the leg |
| Narrower | lap | The upper side of the thighs of a seated person |
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| Broader | limb | One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping |
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| Spanish | muslo |
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| Catalan | cuixa |
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| Adjectives | femoral | of or relating to or near the femur or thigh |
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