► Lower limb
Hip joint, radiography
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Surface
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Skeleton
Muscles
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Overview
Pelvis
Hip
Articulatio sacroiliaca
Linea lerminalis
Fossa acetabuli
Fovea capitis femoris
Foramen obturatum
Tuber ischiadicum
Trochanter minor
Fig. 1255
Hip joint, Articulatio coxae;
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Clinical term: acetabular roof = tangential projection of the lunate surface
AP-radiograph; upright position on both legs
** Clinical term: edge of the acetabular roof = the most lateral projection
of the acetabulum
*** Clinical term:
KOHLER's
teardrop = projection
of
the acetabular fossa
Caput femoris
Trochanter major
Trochanter minor
Os ilium
Incisura ischiadica
major
Cavitas articu laris*
Spina ischiadica
Incisura ischiadica
minor
Foramen obturatum
Tuber ischiadicum
Fig. 1256
Hip joint, Articulatio coxae;
AP-radiograph; supine position with the thigh abducted
and flexed (so-called LAUENSTEIN projection].
Due to m inim al absorption of X-rays by cartilage, the a rtic u la r cleft
appears abnorm ally broad
