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Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Joints > Hip Joint

Preferred term

Hip Joint  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Acetabulofemoral Joint
  • Acetabulofemoral Joints
  • Joint, Acetabulofemoral
  • Joints, Acetabulofemoral

Note

  • injury is probably HIP DISLOCATION or HIP FRACTURES, otherwise coordinate IM with HIP INJURIES (IM); differentiate from HIP

Scope note

  • The joint that is formed by the articulation of the head of FEMUR and the ACETABULUM of the PELVIS.

History note

  • 65

In other languages

  • lonkkanivel

    Finnish

  • articulatio coxae
  • articulatio coxofemoralis
  • lonkkanivelet
  • Höftled

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006621

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