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Hip replacement is a
surgical procedure in
which the
hip joint is
replaced by a
prosthetic implant, that is, a
hip prosthesis.
Hip replacement surgery...
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hip, or coxa (pl.: coxae) in
medical terminology,
refers to
either an
anatomical region or a
joint on the
outer (lateral) side of the pelvis. The
hip...
- In
human anatomy, the
muscles of the
hip joint are
those muscles that
cause movement in the
hip. Most
modern anatomists define 17 of
these muscles, although...
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hip dysplasia is an
abnormal formation of the
hip socket that, in its more
severe form, can
eventually cause lameness and
arthritis of the
joints. It...
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Hip dysplasia is an
abnormality of the
hip joint where the
socket portion does not
fully cover the ball portion,
resulting in an
increased risk for joint...
- The
capsule of
hip joint,
articular capsule, or
capsular ligament is
strong and
dense attachment of the
hip joint. Anterosuperiorly, it is
attached to...
- the
thigh to
access the acetabulum. The
anterior approach accesses the
hip joint from the front, with less
large muscle dissection but due to the proximity...
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commonly involved joints are the two near the ends of the
fingers and the
joint at the base of the thumbs, the knee and
hip joints, and the
joints of the neck...
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joint (polyaxial
joint or
triaxial joint) is a
synovial joint that
allows for
several directions of movement. In the
human body, the
shoulder and
hip...
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connected to each
other anteriorly, and
joined with the two
femurs at the
hip joints. The gap
enclosed by the bony pelvis,
called the
pelvic cavity, is the...