Sentences with phrase «top of the thigh bone»

Less than 11 months after having hip - replacement surgery, Jackson looked much like the vibrant, sculpted specimen we were used to seeing before he fractured his left hip socket, shearing cartilage and cutting off the blood supply to the top of the thigh bone, while being tackled in an NFL playoff game on Jan. 13, 1991.

But sometimes it's caused by piriformis syndrome, which is when the bandlike piriformis muscle (it extends from your sacrum to the top of your thigh bone) squeezes the sciatic nerve.

The outer hip / glute muscles pull the hip out to the side, but they only go down to the top of the thigh bone.

Working with veterinarians skilled in reading the subtleties of X-ray images, the Hip Dysplasia Registry of the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, assigns nine variations of congruity and fit between the femoral head (top of the thigh bone) and the acetabulum (hollow area in the pelvic bone into which the thigh bone fits):

The ball, which is the top of the thigh bone, fits into a socket in the pelvis.

The ball is at the top of the thigh bone (femur), and the socket (acetabulum) is in the pelvis.

Legg - Calve - Perthes is a degenerative disease that is caused by restricted blood flow to the top of the thigh bone.

Not exact matches

Mix together, then rub all over four bone - in, skin - on chicken thighs, making sure to get it on top of the skin, under the skin, and under the chicken:

The majority of leg growth occurs at the end of the thigh bone (9 millimeters / year) and top of the shin bone (6 mm / year).

The «ball» is the top part of the long bone in the thigh called the femur.

One concentration of finds at a 130,700 - year - old California site includes the tops of two mastodon thigh bones, top center, broken in the same way.

The knee joint forms at the intersection of four bones, the femur (your thigh bone), the tibia and fibula (the two bones of your lower leg) and the patella, (your kneecap) which slides over the top of the joint as you bend your knee.

The inner thighs, or ADDuctor muscle group is a strong, supportive group of muscles that attach on the inside of our pubic bone (right at the top of... [Read more...]

The inner thighs, or ADDuctor muscle group is a strong, supportive group of muscles that attach on the inside of our pubic bone (right at the top of our legs) and runs down to the inside of the knees.

Press the heads of the thigh bones toward the floor to help anchor the pose and lift the top sternum.

Let the heads of your thigh bones sink into the pull of gravity and push the top of your sternum forward and up.

This muscle lies on the side of the pelvis and connects into the femur at the greater trochanter, which is the large piece of bone that protrudes out of of the thigh bone at the very top on the outside.

So one example is the tops of the arms and the tops of the legs, i.e. the upper arm bone and the thigh bone, both move back in the sockets of the joints and when they are rooted firmly in the sockets of the joints, the congruency of the joints is better, it's stronger.

The gluteus medius attaches to the leg at the top of the femur (thigh bone), close to the hip joint, on a bony prominence called the greater trochanter.

For the Six Nap dress, boning isn't necessary but if like me you're desperate to give it a try, this tip from Iconic Patterns should ensure the strips don't dig into your leg: sit down in front of a mirror with a tape around your waist and measure the distance from the waist to the top of thigh: do not exceed this measurement.

Legg - Perthes disease: a disease where the blood vessels feeding the femoral head (top part of the thigh bone) shrink, leading to starvation and death of the femoral head (the ball of the ball - and - socket joint of the hip).

The head (top) of the thigh bone does not fit snugly in to the pevic joint socket, causing pain and arthritis.

A femoral head and neck ostectomy, or FHO was performed, and is a procedure that includes removing the top part of the thigh bone involved in the ball - in - socket hip joint.

The end of the thigh bone, or femur, rests precariously on the top of the tibia, or lower leg bone.

His neatly made painted wood and glass boxes display objects supposedly from his own past, like the broken top of an Orange Crush bottle and the thigh bone of a chicken named Blinky.