0 a cup-shaped structure on either side of the pelvis where the hip bone sits: --
Prosthetic replacement has been used successfully when the acetabulum has sustained damage.
This would involve replacing both the acetabulum (hip socket) and the head and neck of the femur.
Articular cartilage covers the concave area of acetabulum, providing more stability and shock absorption.
The cuplike acetabulum forms at the union of three pelvic bones the ilium, pubis, and ischium.
Both these structures are thick muscles, and the acetabulum is speficially composed of radial muscles.
When the sucker attaches itself on an object, the infundibulum maily provides adhesion while the central acetabulum is quite free.
Then contraction of the radial muscle of the acetabulum causes detachment of the entire sucker.
Located in the medioanterior of the body is the acetabulum.
Both hip resurfacing and hip replacement require that a cup is placed in the acetabulum of the hip socket.
