Sentence examples for upper bone from inspiring English sources

Femur, also called thighbone, upper bone of the leg or hind leg.

The humerus, the upper bone of the foreleg, is large and has a large protrusion, the greater trochanter, to which muscles are attached.

The proximal (upper) bone of a bird's foot, the tarsometatarsus (commonly considered the lower leg), lies between the elevated heel joint and the toes.

The femur, the upper bone of the hindleg, has a large greater trochanter and a second, lesser trochanter, but lacks the third trochanter characteristic of perissodactyls.

Then, following fracture of the upper bone margin, the lid was lifted upward.

Furthermore, they were readily able to recognize the patterns in the bone structure and identified the similarities in the single upper bone (humerus), the two mid-arm or leg bones (radius and ulna), and five fingers or toes (phalanges).

The material includes several skulls, all of which are missing the facial bones, complete long bones such as the femur and humerus (upper arm bone), and other bones, but some elements are still unknown, including most of the skeleton of the hand and foot.

Discovery News reports the eel's "primitive features include fewer vertebrae, certain fused skull bones, presence of an upper jaw bone found in Cretaceous eels, and toothed gill rakers, which could be involved in feeding and gill maintenance," according to the study's lead author, David Johnson.

The bones include one humerus, or upper arm bone, and six vertebrae.

Two of these belonged to an adult and include a damaged humerus (upper arm bone) and an almost complete femur (thigh bone).

This air sac leaves distinctive marks or opening on the bones, including a distinct opening in the upper arm bone (humerus).