hip Flashcards
(58 cards)
what is the main bone of the hip joint? what does it create?
- femur
- creates movement
what type of joint is the hip?
- synovial joint
- ball and socket joint
what does the hip joint being ball and socket make the hip?
- multiaxial
what does the neck and head of femur articulate with?
- acetabulum
what shape is the acetabulum and why?
- C shape (lunate)
- because it is the socket part of the joint
what is the greater trochanter?
- ridge sticking out on the lateral side
what is the lesser trochanter?
- ridge below greater trochanter on medial side
what is the head of the femur? what is it covered by?
- ball part of the joint
- covered by smooth cartilage
what is the little dimple on the head of the femur called? what is its roles?
- fovea
- ligaments attach
- hold head in place
what is the pelvis made up of?
- two innominate bones
what joints make up the pelvis?
- sacroiliac joints on either side
what are the three parts of the pelvis?
- ilium
- ischium
- pubis
what is the ilium?
- main superior part of the pelvis
where does iliac crest run and stop?
-runs all the way across the top
- at the front stops at ASIS
- at the back stops at PSIS
what is the ischium?
- posterior part of pelvis
what is the part called that we sit on? what does it allow?
- ischial tuberosity
- it allows muscle attachment
what is the pubis?
- part in front of the body
- where inferior and superior ramus come together in a V shape
what is between the two pubis? what does it allow?
- pubic symphysis
- cartilage allows some movement
what is the pelvic inlet?
- small hole in the middle of the pelvis
what is in- between the two innominate bones?
- sacrum
what is the inferior part of the sacrum?
- coccyx
what are the four main ligaments of the hip?
- ligaments of the head of the femur
- pubofemoral ligament
- iliofemoral ligament
- ischiofemoral ligament
what is the ligament of the head of femur? what does it provide?
- connects the head of the femur and the acetabulum
- provides joint stability
what is the importance of the ligament of the femur head in childhood?
- provides blood supply to head of femur to provide nutrients for growth