The femoral head was once more riding smoothly in its socket.
In breech position the femoral head tends to get pushed out of the socket.
The distinctive femur has a unique femoral head not seen in other dinosaurs.
The blood supply of the femoral head is much more likely to be disrupted in Garden types 3 or 4 fractures.
In this position the ligament also keeps the femoral head pressed into the acetabulum.
It is caused by a slipped epiphysis of the femoral head.
X-rays usually demonstrate a flattened, and later fragmented, femoral head.
The patient's femoral head is most frequently discarded to hospital waste at the end of the surgical procedure.
Then, these measurements were compared to the femoral head of Lucy.
Which means that the damaged femoral head moved 6.7 million times back and forth along a narrow track within the cup of the hip joint.