Sentences with phrase «femoral head flattens»

MODERATE DYSPLASIA: The femoral head flattens, the femoral neck thickens, and the joint becomes loose and unstable.

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In other words, the instability created by weak supportive ligaments keeps the body from being able to manufacture a deep, smooth hip socket for the ball to fit snuggly into, resulting in the flattening of the acetabulum (hip socket) and a squaring of the femoral head (the ball).

With time, the top surface of the femoral head will become flattened and misshapen as the cartilage and underlying bone collapses.

In 1966, Henricson, Norberg and Olsson refined the definition of CHD describing it as: «A varying degree of laxity of the hip joint permitting subluxation during early life, giving rise to varying degrees of shallow acetabulum and flattening of the femoral head, finally inevitably leading to osteoarthritis.»

The femoral head that once looked as round and smooth as a billiard ball now becomes flattened, mushroomed and cauliflower - like.