title: Macromorphological comparison of frozen sections concerning the problem of congruency of the hip joint.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Orthopädie, Bethlehem-Krankenhaus, Stolberg, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bläsius
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beks
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Neusel
authors.forename: F U
authors.initials: FU
authors.lastname: Niethard
mesh_terms: 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