ball and socket joint
Hip's rotation mechanism
A ball and socket joint is an anatomical structure where a rounded end of one bone fits into a cup-shaped cavity of another, allowing movement in multiple directions.
The hip and shoulder are ball and socket joints.
The term also describes mechanical joints built on the same principle: The lamp has a ball and socket joint for positioning the head.
Fashionable or pelvic joint
scapula · glenoid · labrum · rotator cuff · capsule · ligament · cartilage · orthopedics
Turning on an axis
- flexionDecreasing a joint angle
- extensionAdded part or duration
- abductionUnlawful seizure of person
- adductionMotion toward body's center
range of motion · multiaxial · mobility · pivot · swivel · articulation · degrees of freedom · angular motion
Pivoted rotational support
- couplingJoint between systems
- trunnionCylindrical mounting pivot
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- control armSuspension pivot component
Surgical installation of artificial joint
- implantDevice placed inside tissue
- titaniumElement twenty-two
- polyethyleneThermoplastic from ethylene gas
- ceramicFired clay material
biocompatible · revision surgery · cemented · modular · weight-bearing · rehabilitation
hip
Fashionable or pelvic joint
pelvis · scapula · glenoid · labrum · rotator cuff · capsule · ligament · cartilage · orthopedics · skeleton
rotation
Turning on an axis
adduction · range of motion · multiaxial · mobility · pivot · swivel · articulation · degrees of freedom · angular motion · triaxial
gimbal
Pivoted rotational support
- couplingJoint between systems
- trunnionCylindrical mounting pivot
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
control arm · load bearing · tolerance · clearance · lubrication
hip replacement
Surgical installation of artificial joint
- implantDevice placed inside tissue
- titaniumElement twenty-two
- polyethyleneThermoplastic from ethylene gas
ceramic · biocompatible · revision surgery · cemented · modular · weight-bearing · rehabilitation