Your hip joints are ball-and-socket joints positioned where your thigh bone meets your pelvis. The hip joint is involved in many types of movement. It is also one of the largest joints in the body, ...

The pelvis forms the base of the spine as well as the socket of the hip joint. The pelvic bones include the hip bones, sacrum, and coccyx. The hip bones are composed of three sets of bones that fuse ...

March 23, 2010 — Standard X-rays are not a reliable indicator of hip and pelvic fractures, according to an article published in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. "Hip fractures ...