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. 
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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.