Description
The lunate surface of the ilium is the peripherally located, smooth, articular portion of the acetabulum. It’s horseshoe-shaped and is covered with hyaline cartilage for the articulation with the head of the femur, forming the hip joint.
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Acetabulum
The diameter of the acetabulum was measured using the Mose circles and the opening angle of the acetabulum, which was a combination of the acetabular index at the superior aspects and inferiorly with what they referred to as the angle of depth, which is an angle between Hilgenreiner's line and the line joining the superior and external edges of the Y growth plate to the most inferior point of the pelvic teardrop.
