Thigh Bone Section
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The above cut represents a section of the thigh bone. The extremities (a, w) having a shell or thin plate of compact texture, crowded with small cells, diminishing in size, but increasing in number as they approach the articulation (c), the cavity for containing the marrow; the walls of the shaft are very firm and solid (b, b). The compact part is thickest near the middle of the bone where the greatest strength is required.
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Lee, Charles A. Human Physiology for the Use of Elementary Schools, 11th ed. (Buffalo: J. C. Derby & Co., 1847) 43
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