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Hardest bone ?

  • 30-08-2008 6:29pm
    #1
    NUTLEY BOY
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    In a fully grown mature adult - say 25 Y.O. - is there a single bone in the human body that is harder than any other ?


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  • #2
    Carsinian Thau
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    I'd say femur.
    In terms of composition it should be the same as any other bone but it can support a lot of weight and should usually be very difficult to break.

    It is at this point that I'd like to say that I have no medical training nor any vigorous training in the preclinical medical sciences.

    I still think I'm correct though.


  • #3
    jon1981
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    The femur is the thigh bone. In humans, it is the longest, most voluminous, and strongest bone. The average human femur is 48 centimeters (19 in) in length and 2.34 cm (0.92 in) in diameter and can support up to 30 times the weight of an adult.[1] It forms part of the hip (at the acetabulum) and part of the knee.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femur


  • #4
    Carsinian Thau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭Carsinian Thau


    jon1981 wrote: »
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femur

    Woo! Biological Correctness.


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