Description
The head of the femur (femoral head) is the smooth, spherical-like, proximal end of the bone. It's orientated in the superomedial direction and is continuous inferolaterally with the neck of the femur. It contains the fovea of the head of the femur.
The head of femur is covered with articular cartilage, and articulates with the acetabulum of the hip bone, forming the hip joint.
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Proximal Femur
In those proximal femurs that are defined as clinically stable, the femoral head, neck, and trochanteric regions are present and continuous with the developing diaphysis, although tissue continuity often is maintained by persistence of the cartilage model in which ossification has been delayed.
