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Hip Joint Bones
Hip Joint Tendons
Hip Joint Muscles
Hip Joint Vascular System
Primal Pictures
Primal Pictures
Primal Pictures
Primal Pictures

There are several basic components to the hip joint that are commonplace in total hip surgery. The numbers below coincide with the image directly to the left.

1. Femoral Head
2. Acetabulum Lining
3. Greater Trochanter
4. Lesser Trochanter
5. Femur Bone
6. Iliac Crest

The different hip diseases that can occur and cause need for total hip surgery occur mostly within these components. Another important part of hip anatomy is the several ligaments that connect the Femur Bone with the Pelvic Bone as displayed here to the right.

1. Iliofemoral Ligament
2. Pubofemoral Ligament

Another ligaments lies on the opposite side of this viewing angle and is called the Ischiofemoral Ligament.

The hip flexor muscles, the Iliopsoas and the Quadricep muscles that cross over the femur and attatch to the pelvis allow for movement of the joint. They are pictured here to the left.