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  2. Acetabulum - Wikipedia

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    The perforate acetabulum is a cup-shaped opening on each side of the pelvic girdle formed where the ischium, ilium, and pubis all meet, and into which the head of the femur inserts. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The orientation and position of the acetabulum is one of the main morphological traits that caused dinosaurs to walk in an upright posture with their ...

  3. Lunate surface of acetabulum - Wikipedia

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    The lunate surface of acetabulum is the articular surface of the acetabulum which makes contact with the femoral head as part of the hip joint. It forms an incomplete ring that is deficient inferiorly - opposite the acetabular notch .

  4. Acetabular fracture - Wikipedia

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    Elementary fracture Description Associated fractures Description Posterior wall: This is the most common variety of acetabular fracture. It typically occurs due to dashboard injury; when a person travelling in a vehicle involved in a head-on collision, the force applied over the flexed knee travels along the femur bone to the head of the femur, breaking the posterior wall of the acetabulum.

  5. Ischium - Wikipedia

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    The acetabulum, which can be thought of as a "hip-socket", is a cup-shaped opening on each side of the pelvic girdle formed where the ischium, ilium, and pubis all meet, and into which the head of the femur inserts. The orientation and position of the acetabulum is one of the main morphological traits that caused dinosaurs to walk in an upright ...

  6. Hip bone - Wikipedia

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    Acetabulum (of the hip joint), 7. Obturator foramen, 8. Coccyx/tailbone (os coccygis) Dotted. Linea terminalis of the pelvic brim. The hip bone is formed by three parts: the ilium, ischium, and pubis. At birth, these three components are separated by hyaline cartilage. They join each other in a Y-shaped portion of cartilage in the acetabulum.

  7. The 11 Most Famous Animal Statues in the World - AOL

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    ©mescioglu/iStock via Getty Images. There are around 1.5 billion cows in the world. They have been domesticated for over 10,000 years. Some can produce over seven gallons of milk per day.

  8. Anterior inferior iliac spine - Wikipedia

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    A teardrop-shaped lower portion gives origin to the iliofemoral ligament of the hip joint and borders the rim of the acetabulum. [ 1 ] Anteromedially and inferiorly to the AIIS is the iliopsoas groove , the passage for the iliopsoas muscle as it passes down to the lesser trochanter of the femur .

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