Hip Anatomy

2. a ligament that attaches to the ischium to behind the acetabulum and it attaches to the base of the greater trochanter - it prevents excess extension
6. strongest and longest bone of the human body
7. forms the posteroinferior part of the hip bone
8. a triangular arrangement of bone that makes up the very bottom portion of the spine below the sacrum
13. the socket of the hip bone, into which the head of the femur fits.
16. is the uppermost and largest part of the hip bone
17. anteroinferior cartilaginous joint which consists of a fibrocartilaginous interpubic disc
19. situated on the proximal and lateral side of the femur, just distal to the hip joint and the neck of the femur.

1. a small protuberance of bone that projects from the posterior aspect of the femur, inferomedially at the base of the femoral neck
3. ligament is the strongest ligament in the body; it lies on the anterior aspect of the hip joint - it prevents hyperextension
4. also known as the sit bones
5. is a prominent forward-projection on the upper border of the medial portion of the superior ramus of the pubis
9. a ligament that lies anteroinferior to the hip joint - it prevents excess abduction and extension
10. shield-shaped bony structure that is located at the base of the lumbar vertebrae and that is connected to the pelvis
11. is the most anterior portion of the hip bone and joined by an area of cartilage
12. a prominent protection, superior to the greater sciatic notch
14. rim of soft cartilage that surround the hip socket.
15. the prominence that is the most anterior part of the ilium
18. the thick curved upper border of the ilium