RT Book, Section
A1 W. Hendey, Gregory
A2 Sherman, Scott C.
SR Print(0)
ID 1103539393
T1 Hip
T2 Simon’s Emergency Orthopedics, 7e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-181965-7
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1103539393
RD 2024/04/20
AB The  proximal  femur  consists  of  a  femoral  head  and  neck  as  well  as  a  greater  and  lesser  trochanter  (Fig.  18–1).  The  hip  joint  is  a  ball  and  socket  joint  composed  of  the  head  of  the  femur  and  the  acetabulum.  This  articulation  has  many  palpable  bony  landmarks.  The  anterosuperior  iliac  spine  and  the  greater  trochanter  are  easily  palpated  laterally,  and  the  pubic  symphysis  and  the  tubercle  (lying  1  in  lateral  to  the  symphysis)  are  palpated  medially.  The  hip  joint  is  capable  of  a  very  wide  range  of  motion.