Letter T

Thigh

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The thigh extends from the hip to the knee.

The thigh has only one bone, the femur which is the largest bone in the human body.</P> The thigh is the thick part of the leg.

This is reflected in the word 'thigh' which comes from the Indo-European root word 'teue' meaning 'swelling or enlargement'.

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