articulatio coxae

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articulatio coxae - the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum coxa, hip joint, hip ischial bone, ischium, os ischii - one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium thigh - the part of the leg between the hip and the knee articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint - a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis, hip - the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates