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when we were talking about biomechanics,
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and that is replacement of the hip.
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I just showed you this drawing here to remind of hip anatomy.
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The pelvic bone is here,
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which form a girdle at the level of your waist.
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There's a cup inside the pelvic girdle called the acetabulum.
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Into that cup the head of femur fits in a ball-and-socket joint,
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so that your hip has all the range of movement
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that we talked about in class and in section a few weeks ago.
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If there's a disease of this bone and this needs to be replaced,
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then the general procedure now is to replace not only the part--
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this part of the hip that contains the joint, the ball,