The head of the femur articulates with the acetabulum in the pelvic bone forming the hip joint, while the distal part of the femur articulates with the tibia and patella forming the knee joint.
Dusty dies on her Royal day By Tim Cooper. Dusty Springfield has died from breast cancer on the day she should have collected her OBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace. The 59-year-old singer died at 10.40 last night at her home in Henley-on-Thames, her agent Paul Fenn said today.
Ozzy 'died' during accident. Rock star Ozzy Osbourne 'died' twice after his quad-bike accident, he has revealed today. The former Black Sabbath frontman was saved by his bodyguard Sam Ruston, who gave the singer mouth to mouth when he stopped breathing. If it wasn't for Sam I probably wouldn't be here.