Sentences with phrase «head of the femur»

In a normal hip, the smooth, rounded head of the femur fits deeply and snugly into the acetabulum.
The hip is a ball - and - socket joint: the ball is the round head of the femur (thighbone) and the acetabulum (socket) is the concave indentation of the pelvis.
They originate at your lumbar spine (lower back) and attach to the inner head of your femur or thigh bone.
The round shaped head of the femur (caput) fits into the concave socket of the pelvis (acetabulum).
When an infant's legs are flexed and straddled, the instinctive position that his little body assumes when picked up, the head of his femur (bone of the thigh) fills out the hip socket (acetabulum).
By not allowing the head of the femur to sit in the socket, the socket often does not develop properly, causing Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip or DDH (Crisholm, 1983).
They observed bone collapse in the head of the femur bone, located at the top of the femur at the articulation with the pelvic bone, in 15 - 17 percent of hip injection patients, versus 4 percent of hip control patients and 2 percent of shoulder control patients.
Your glutes are made up of an interconnected network of muscles that attach between your pelvic bone, sacrum (tailbone) and the head of your femur — the big bone at the top of your leg.
Your glutes are made up of an interconnected network of muscles that attach between your pelvic bone, sacrum (tailbone) and the head of your femur - the big bone... [Read more...]
weakness in the muscles which attach to head of the femur and anchor it in place, preventing it from shifting forward
Because they attach to the head of the femur and pull it backward, you can see how if these muscles aren't working well, the head of the femur can glide too far forward.
In this procedure, the head of the femur is removed.
Both the ball (head of the femur) and socket (acetabulum) of the hip joint are replaced with prosthetic implants.
Ultimately, there is a loose fit between the head of the femur and the ball and socket joint of the hip.
Surgery is done by removing the neck or head of the femur to relieve pain.
With TPO surgery, an osteopathic surgeon breaks the pelvis to realign the head of the femur with the hip socket to correct the joint.
Canine hip dysplasia is a chronic condition in which the head of the femur bone doesn't fit correctly into the hip socket.
Dysplastic dogs have shallow acetabulums — the head of the femur will not rest in the hip socket and instead slides around against the surface of the shallow hip socket.
Legg - Perthes is a disease that results in interrupted blood supply to the head of the femur, which begins to break down at the pelvis.
The problem begins with an interruption in blood supply to the head of the femur, which is the «ball» portion of the hip's «ball and socket joint.»
This is a malformation or deterioration of the hip joint, so that the socket it sits in is too shallow to secure the head of the femur.
The surgery involves the creation of an artificial ball and socket joint by removing the natural components (head of femur - «ball», and acetabulum of pelvis - «socket») of the hip joint and inserting synthetic replacement parts that result in a smooth, stable, pain - free hip joint (s).
It is caused due to a malformed hip joint that results in the head of the femur bone not fitting perfectly into the hip socket.
In HD, however, the head of the femur (the ball) fits poorly in the acetabulum (the socket).
Canine Hip Dysplasia (CHD) is the dislocation of the hip joint; it occurs when the head of the femur (thighbone) does not properly fit into a too shallow acetabulum, the cup - socket at the base of the hipbone.
An FHO restores mobility to the hip by removing the head of the femur.
Legg - Calvé - Perthes Disease involves the spontaneous degeneration of the head of the femur and results in disintegration of the hip joint.
The disease starts when the head of the femur bone slowly begins to lose blood supply, eventually causing the head to die off.
The abnormal motion of the hip stretches the fibrous joint capsule and ligament connecting the head of the femur to the pelvis, producing pain and lameness.
As the dog bears weight, the head of the femur (the «ball») comes out of the acetabulum (the «socket») as far as the joint capsule and ligament will allow.
Hip Dysplasia Hip dysplasia is an inherited malformation of the hip joint, where the head of the femur does not fit snugly into the pelvic socket.
The neck attaches the head of the femur to the body of the femur.
When the neck collapses, the head of the femur is moved, and may also become deformed.
The head of the femur is the «ball» which sits in the «socket» on the pelvis, making up the hip joint.
In young dogs, hip dysplasia usually is caused by conformational abnormalities that cause a «poor fit» between the head of the femur and the pelvic acetabulum, which in turn causes laxity of the hip joint.
During growth, both the «ball» (the head of the femur or thighbone) and the «socket» in the pelvis (acetabulum) must grow at equal rates.
For these heavier pets, the ball (head of the femur) and socket (acetabulum of the hip) need to be replaced.
It occurs when the blood supply is cut off to the head of the femur, resulting in the bone cells dying, and degeneration of the head of the femur bone.
«This means we will remove the head of the femur in order to save his leg and provide him comfort and a pain free life.
The partnership with Animal Clinic and Hospital gave Merlin another option: femoral head ostectomy, which removes the head of the femur from the leg to allow Merlin to keep his leg.
During growth, both the «ball» (head of the femur) and the «socket» (acetabulum) must grow at equal rates.
In dogs who are suffering from hip dysplasia, the ball does not fit snugly within the socket; the head of the femur can be shaped incorrectly, or be a loose fit with the pelvis, or both.
Femoral Head and Neck Excision: Femoral head and neck excision is a procedure in which the head of the femur is surgically removed and a fibrous pseudo-joint forms.
The ball portion is the head of the femur while the socket (acetabulum) is located on the pelvis.
Weights and an external device are used to help push the head of the femur further into or away from the acetabulum.
Normal hip joints function with a «ball - and - socket» construction; the head of the femur, or thigh bone, fits tightly within a circular inlet in the pelvis.
The ball is the head of the femur (thigh bone), while the socket is on the pelvis.
The exact cause is not known but there is poor blood supply to the head of the femur which causes collapse of the femoral head and neck followed by resorption and remodeling.
In some cases the socket is to shallow and / or the head of the femur (the ball) is irregular or too flat.
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