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acetabula.
See acetabulum.
acetabulum [as″ĕ-tab´u-lum] (pl. aceta´bula) (L.)
the cup-shaped cavity on the lateral surface of the hip bone in which the head of the femur articulates.
 Acetabulum, showing the cup-shaped cavity (A), and its articulation with the femur (B). From Dorland's, 2000.
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