Hip Joint

Question 1

Brief Description of the Hip joint

Answer 1

Synovial Joint
Triaxial
Ball and socket joint

Question 2

What are the articular surfaces (where the bones meet)

Answer 2

Head of femur
Lunate surface of acetabulum of pelvis bone

Question 3

What intracapsular soft tissues are involved in the hip joint

Answer 3

Labrum (tough fibre cartilage)
Ligaments (hold the hip stable)
Fat pad
Synovial membrane
Joint capsule

Question 4

What Extracapsular soft tissues are there

Answer 4

Three ligaments
Iliofemoral
Pubofemoral
Ischiofemoral

Question 5

What are the bones within the pelvis

Answer 5

Ilium - Biggest part of the pelvis
Pubis - Front of the pelvis (pubic region)
Ischium - back of the pelvis

Question 6

What are the bony points of the hip joint?

Answer 6

Iliac crest
Anterior superior iliac spine
Anterior inferior iliac spine
Posterior superior iliac spine
Ischial tuberosity
Greater Trochanter (on the femur)

Question 7

What muscles attach to the ischial tuberosity?

Answer 7

All three hamstring muscles

Question 8

What muscles attach to the Greater Trochanter

Answer 8

Gluteus Medius and minimus

Question 9

What muscles attach to the iliac crest?

Answer 9

Gluteus Maximus

Question 10

What muscles attach to the Anterior superior iliac spine

Answer 10

Sartorius muscle