Hip Joint Flashcards
Sacroiliac joint (SI)
- Designed for force transmission and weight-bearing
- Articulating bony surfaces are irregular
- Limited motion
Sacroiliac joint (SI) is located between
- L-shaped auricular surface of ilium and sacrum (S1-3)
Irregular articulating bony surfaces of sacroiliac joint
- Increase friction and congruency
Limited motion of sacroiliac joint
- 2 degrees of rotation
- 2mm of translation
2 parts of sacroiliac joint
- Anterior planar (synovial joint)
- Posterior syndesmosis (fibrous joint)
Anterior planar (synovial joint)
- Auricular surfaces
- Sacral surface covered by hyaline cartilage
- Ilium surface covered by fibrocartilage
Ligaments of the sacroiliac joint
- Anterior (ventral) sacroiliac
- Interosseous sacroiliac
- Poster (dorsal) sacroiliac
- Iliolumbar
- Sacrotuberous
- Sacrospinous
Anterior (ventral) sacroiliac ligament
- Thickening of anterior joint capsule
Interosseous sacroiliac ligament
- Connect tuberosities of sacrum/ilium
- Posterior/superior to joint
Posterior (dorsal) sacroiliac
- Overlies interosseous ligament posteriorly
- Connects intermediate/lateral crest of sacrum of S1,2 to PSIS and internal lip of iliac crest
Long posterior (dorsal) sacroiliac ligament
- S3,4 to PSIS
Iliolumbar ligament
- L4,5 to iliac crest, sacral ala and anterior sacroiliac ligament
- Primarily supports lumbosacral joint (L5/S1)
- Also supports SI joint
Sacrotuberous ligament
- Broad attachment to PSIS, posterior sacroiliac ligaments, dorsolateral sacrum and coccyx
- Attaches to ischial tuberosity
Glut max, piriformis, biceps femoris, semitendinosus muscles attach
Sacrospinous ligaments
- Attaches from ischial spine to lateral margin of sacrum/coccyx
- Anterior to sacrotuberous ligament
Ligaments that resist nutation
- Sacrotuberous
- Sacrospinous
- Anterior and interosseous SI
Nutation
- Anterior/inferior motion of sacral base
- Posterior/superior motion of coccyx
- There is concurrent superior rotation of pelvis (weight-bearing)
Counternutation
- The opposite motion of nutation
Ligaments resisting counternutation
- Long posterior (dorsal) sacroiliac ligament
Blood supply to SI joint
- Superior gluteal
- Iliolumbar
- Lateral sacral
Innervation of the SI joint (variable among individuals)
- Primarily dorsal rami L4-S3(4)
- Vental rami L5-S2
- Superior gluteal nerve
Pubic symphysis
- Articular surfaces of pubis are covered by hyaline cartilage
- Fibrocartilage disc connects the 2 pubic bones (symphysis joint)
Pubic symphysis joint functional classification
- Amphiarthrosis joint
Superior pubic ligament
- Attaches to pubic bones superiorly
- Extend out to pubic tubercles
Inferior pubic ligaments
- Also called arcuate pubic ligament
- Extends out to inferior pubic rami
Hip joint
- Ball and socket (spheroid)
- Synovial joint (diarthrosis)
Hip joint movements
- Triplanar motion
- Flex/ext/ab/add/int & ext rot/circumduction
Hip movement from the anatomical position
- Adduction is more limited than abduction
- Lateral rotation is stronger than medial rotation
Hip joint articulates between
- Femoral head and acetabulum (lunate surface)
Hip joint socket
- Stable
- More than ½ of femoral head fits into “socket”
- Anterior femoral head has less coverage of acetabulum
Acetabular fossa (cotyloid fossa) filled with
- Fat
- Ligament of the head of the femur
Acetabular labrum
- Fibrocartilage attached to acetabular rim
Acetabular labrum function
- Deepens socket
- Shock absorber
- Decrease stress between
- Helps create negative pressure (sealing function)
- Distributes compressive loads