We've successfully dislocated the hip and removed the femoral head, or ball to the ball and hip socket, So here's some cartilage here, but there's no cartilage there, that's basically raw bone and ...

Your hip joint supports basic functions of balance and movement in the body, such as holding up body weight and enabling upper leg movement. It’s a ball-and-socket joint that connects your femur ...

Love for sports can take a toll on aging bodies, with deteriorating joints leading to painful osteoarthritis, especially in ...

Extension of the hip joint occurs when the femur moves backwards, which happens in the preparation for a kick in football, or in the back leg as a gymnast performs a split leap. Ball and socket ...

The shoulder and hip joints are both ball and socket joints. A ball and socket joint is a type of synovial joint that allows movement in almost every direction. A ball and socket joint is made up ...