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Coxa valga and Hip

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Difference between Coxa valga and Hip

Coxa valga vs. Hip

Coxa valga is a deformity of the hip where the angle formed between the head and neck of the femur and its shaft is increased, usually above 135 degrees. In vertebrate anatomy, hip (or "coxa"Latin coxa was used by Celsus in the sense "hip", but by Pliny the Elder in the sense "hip bone" (Diab, p 77) in medical terminology) refers to either an anatomical region or a joint.

Similarities between Coxa valga and Hip

Coxa valga and Hip have 3 things in common (in Unionpedia): Coxa vara, Genu valgum, Genu varum.

Coxa vara

Coxa vara is a deformity of the hip, whereby the angle between the head and the shaft of the femur is reduced to less than 120 degrees.

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Genu valgum

Genu valgum, commonly called "knock-knee", is a condition in which the knees angle in and touch each other when the legs are straightened.

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Genu varum

Genu varum (also called bow-leggedness, bandiness, bandy-leg, and tibia vara), is a varus deformity marked by (outward) bowing at the knee, which means that the lower leg is angled inward (medially) in relation to the thigh's axis, giving the limb overall the appearance of an archer's bow.

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Coxa valga and Hip Comparison

Coxa valga has 4 relations, while Hip has 109. As they have in common 3, the Jaccard index is 2.65% = 3 / (4 + 109).

References

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