Examples from literature

• At the top of the leg is the femur. 
• The femur was broken near the hip. 
• The left scapula is fractured, likewise the clavicle, and there is a compound fracture of the femur. 
• The myeloma is most often met with between the ages of twenty-five and forty in the upper end of the tibia or lower end of the femur. 
• There are wide differences in the shape of the skull, thorax, femur, and even the liver. 
• These discs surround the tibial spine and are otherwise shaped to fit perfectly between the articular portions of the femur and tibia.