RT Book, Section A1 W. Hendey, Gregory A2 Sherman, Scott C. SR Print(0) ID 1103539393 T1 Hip T2 Simon’s Emergency Orthopedics, 7e YR 2014 FD 2014 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-181965-7 LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1103539393 RD 2024/10/09 AB The proximal femur consists of a femoral head and neck as well as a greater and lesser trochanter (Fig. 18–1). The hip joint is a ball and socket joint composed of the head of the femur and the acetabulum. This articulation has many palpable bony landmarks. The anterosuperior iliac spine and the greater trochanter are easily palpated laterally, and the pubic symphysis and the tubercle (lying 1 in lateral to the symphysis) are palpated medially. The hip joint is capable of a very wide range of motion.