Macromorphological comparison of frozen sections concerning the problem of congruency of the hip joint.
We report on a comparative anatomical investigation of hip joints from animals which can walk on two legs or use their distal legs for jumping. The investigation supports the results of Bläsius [1] that the hip is not congruent. The cartilage of the load induction area is thicker. This means that one can only see congruency on X-rays, because cartilage cannot be visualised.
Bläsius
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Abteilung Orthopädie, Bethlehem-Krankenhaus, Stolberg, Germany.
Weiss
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Beks
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Neusel
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Niethard
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FU
D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D007614:Macropodidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D011148:Pongo pygmaeus / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D011817:Rabbits