| This study had the purpose of enlarging the data on the Brazilian people, providing anatomic fundamentals that allow a better comprehension of clinical and pathological states involving the hip joint. Sixty-six human femurs, 33 right and 33 left, were used, coming from the Laboratory of Human Anatomy of the Universidade Paranaense ­ UNIPAR. All the bones had adult characteristics, but no sex, race or age identifications. None of them presented visible abnormalities or signs of arthrosis. The following morphometric measures were made: angle of the femur neck, circumference of the femur head and neck, length of the femur neck and of the whole bone. The comparative analysis of the angle of the femur neck between the right and left sides of adults... |
