Acetabulum Synonyms

ăsĭ-tăbyə-ləm
The cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cotyloid cavity

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Acetabulum Sentence Examples

  • The acetabulum is the socket of the hip joint.

  • There are only two or three vertebrae which are equivalent to those of the reptiles; these true sacrals are situated in a level just behind the acetabulum; as a rule between these two primary sacral vertebrae issues the last of the spinal nerves which contributes to the composition of the sciadic plexus.

  • In front of the acetabulum a thick process of the ilium descends to meet the pubis, and a similar process behind meets the ischium.

  • The acetabulum is completely surrounded by these three bones, but its cup always retains an open foramen; from its posterior rim arises the strong antitrochanter.

  • The ball is formed by the upper end of the femur, and the socket by part of the pelvis called the acetabulum.

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