HIP JOINT-ACETABULUM
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SUMMARY
1. Formed by the fusion of the ilium, ischium & pubic bones.
2. The epiphysis closes after puberty.
3. The acetabulum is deepened by a rim of fibrocartilage - acetabular labrum.
4. The labrum is continued across the acetabular notch by the transverse ligament.
5. The central non-articular part of the acetabulum is occupied by the Haversian fat pad.
Image: Henry Vandyke Carter [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons [Accessed 30 Sep. 2019].
Reference(s)
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.
