thigh

1. The part of the leg between the hip and the knee (synset 105569882)
   is a type of: limb - one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
   subtypes: lap - the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
   has:

   • musculus adductor brevis - the short adductor muscle of the thigh
   • musculus adductor longus - the long adductor muscle of the thigh
   • great adductor muscle, musculus adductor magnus - the muscle that adducts and extends the thigh
   • musculus quadriceps femoris, quad, quadriceps, quadriceps femoris - a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
   • arteria circumflexa femoris, circumflex artery of the thigh - an artery that supplies the hip joint and thigh muscles
   • arteria femoralis, femoral artery - the chief artery of the thigh; a continuation of the external iliac artery
   • femoral vein, vena femoralis - a vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the same sheath; a continuation of the popliteal vein; becomes the external iliac vein
   • anterior crural nerve, femoral nerve, nervus femoralis - one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh
   • femoris, femur, thighbone - the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee
   • femoral biceps, musculus biceps femoris - the biceps muscle of the thigh; it flexes the knee and rotates the leg laterally
   • articulatio coxae, coxa, hip, hip joint - the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
   is a part of: leg - a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
2. The upper joint of the leg of a fowl (synset 107663876)
   is a type of: helping, portion, serving - an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
   has: dark meat - the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food
   is a part of: bird, fowl - the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
   same as: second joint

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