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acetabulum::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cotyloid cavity |
| Type of | socket |
| Derivation | acetabular |
Examples of acetabulum
acetabulum
The head of the femur articulates with the acetabulum.
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Exposed left acetabulum of Zed's pelvis.
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Her acetabulum, however, was small and primitive.
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In anatomy, because of its shape, the acetabulum is the place of pelvis that meets with the head of the femur, forming the hip joint.
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The study involved 19 people with failed total hip replacements and severe bone loss from the socket, or acetabulum, of the pelvis.
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The neck of the femur is generally minimal or absent in the most primitive forms, reflecting a simple attachment to the acetabulum.
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The three bones met at a single point in the center of the pelvic triangle called the acetabulum, providing a surface of articulation for the femur.
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The hip joint is a ball-and-socket joint connecting the rounded head of the femur to the cup-like acetabulum of the pelvis, on each side.
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All had femoroacetabular impingement, a condition that occurs when the femoral head of the thigh bone rubs abnormally against the acetabulum, or cup-like socket of the hip joint.
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- The cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint
- In ancient dining, an acetabulum (Gr) was a vinegar-cup, which, from the fondness of the Greeks and Romans for vinegar, was probably always placed on the table at meals to dip the food in before eating it. ...
- In Ancient Roman measurement, the acetabulum was a measure of volume (fluid and dry) equivalent to the Greek . It was one-fourth of the hemina and therefore one-eighth of the sextarius. It contained the weight in water of fifteen Attic drachmae.
- The area on the pelvis that is capable of becoming a hip socket. In newborns this area is cartilage, as the child matures this area will ossify or harden into bone. Sometimes also called the area of triradiate cartilage because three bones come together to form the acetabulum.
- Latin acetum = vinegar (cf. acetic), and abulum = small receptacle, hence, a vinegar cup, hence, the socket for the head of the femur, adjective - acetabular.
- Muscular membrane-bound attachment organ, usually cup-shaped, sunk within the surface of the scolex and consisting of muscular fibres perpendicular to the tegument and extending between the tegument and the bounding membrane (modified from Wardle & McLeod, 1952; Caira et al., 1999)
- Pelvic socket in to which the ball of the hip joint is inserted.
- Cup-shaped cavity that ball-shaped femur fits into
- Opening (hole) on each side of a pelvis that allows for the insertion of a ball-like proximal end of each femur. A distinguishing character of a dinosaur.
