femoral neck morphological measurement femoral neck width 2013-07-10T11:54:53Z CMO:0001695 JSmith The shortest transverse distance across the femoral neck, the heavy, flattened, pyramidal process of bone connecting the head and the shaft of the femur, the major bone in the upper portion of the hindlimb of quadrupeds or the lower limb of bipeds. clinical_measurement_ontology femur neck width