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Hip joint   /hɪp dʒɔɪnt/   Listen
Hip joint

noun
1.
The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.  Synonyms: articulatio coxae, coxa, hip.






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"Hip joint" Quotes from Famous Books



... we may see that if a line be drawn from the hip joint to the shoulder-blade, all the bones below this are massive, all above (including neck and head) are lightly constructed. This line may be taken to indicate the average water-line, so to speak, of ...
— Dinosaurs - With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections • William Diller Matthew

... Distance hip joint to shoulder joint. Circumference of forearm. " " neck. " " body. Back of leg. Weight ...
— Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit • Albert B. Farnham

... maintenance of a perfectly square seat entails so much muscular rigidity, that it is unsuitable for 'cross-country work, or for the riding of "difficult" horses. In any case, it causes the body to assume a twisted and therefore an unnatural position; because the fact of the right hip joint being more advanced than the left one, will prevent the lower and posterior part of the trunk (the pelvis) from being parallel, as it ought to be, with the line connecting the shoulders. To facilitate the attainment of a "square seat," some saddlers incline the upper crutch a good ...
— The Horsewoman - A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. • Alice M. Hayes



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