Area between the pelvis and the knee; upper leg

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Thigh

<p>In <a href="/en/Outline_of_human_anatomy" title="Outline of human anatomy" class="wl">human anatomy</a>, the <b>thigh</b> is the area between the <a href="/en/Hip" title="Hip" class="wl">hip</a> (<a href="/en/Pelvis" title="Pelvis" class="wl">pelvis</a>) and the <a href="/en/Knee" title="Knee" class="wl">knee</a>. Anatomically, it is part of the <a href="/en/Human_leg" title="Human leg" class="wl">lower limb</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Thigh, Details, Identifiers, Latin, MeSH...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above notheme" style="background-color:dimgray; color: white">Thigh</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Braus_1921_277.png" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Braus_1921_277.png"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Braus_1921_277.png/250px-Braus_1921_277.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="892" data-file-type="bitmap" height="159" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Braus_1921_277.png/375px-Braus_1921_277.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Braus_1921_277.png/500px-Braus_1921_277.png 2x" alt="Braus_1921_277.png"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cross-section of the thigh showing muscles and bone (<i>latin terminology</i>).</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #efefef">Details</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #efefef">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/en/Latin" title="Latin" class="wl">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>femur</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/en/Medical_Subject_Headings" title="Medical Subject Headings" class="wl">MeSH</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D013848" class="external text" target="_blank">D013848</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/en/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica" class="wl">TA98</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://ifaa.unifr.ch/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/01.1.00.035%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm" class="external text" target="_blank">A01.1.00.035</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/en/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica" class="wl">TA2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://ta2viewer.openanatomy.org/?id=160" class="external text" target="_blank">160</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/en/Foundational_Model_of_Anatomy" title="Foundational Model of Anatomy" class="wl">FMA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FMA/?p=classes&amp;conceptid=http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fsig%2Font%2Ffma%2Ffma24967" class="external text" target="_blank">24967</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/en/Anatomical_terminology" title="Anatomical terminology" class="wl">Anatomical terminology</a><div style="text-align: right;"><small class="noprint">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129757" title="d:Q129757" class="extiw" target="_blank">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>
<p>The single <a href="/en/Bone" title="Bone" class="wl">bone</a> in the thigh is called the <a href="/en/Femur" title="Femur" class="wl">femur</a>. This bone is very thick and strong (due to the high proportion of <a href="/en/Bone_tissue" title="Bone tissue" class="mw-redirect wl">bone tissue</a>), and forms a <a href="/en/Ball_and_socket_joint" title="Ball and socket joint" class="mw-redirect wl">ball and socket joint</a> at the <a href="/en/Hip" title="Hip" class="wl">hip</a>, and a modified <a href="/en/Hinge_joint" title="Hinge joint" class="wl">hinge joint</a> at the knee.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></p>



In human anatomy, the thigh is the area between the hip and the knee. Anatomically, it is part of the lower limb. The single bone in the thigh is called the femur. This bone is very thick and strong , and forms a ball and socket joint at the hip, and a modified hinge joint at the knee. 