The hip joint is a ball and socket synovial joint that allows for stability during weight bearing and a wide range of movements, including flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, and rotation. It consists of the femoral head articulating with the acetabulum. Important structures include ligaments like the iliofemoral, pubofemoral, and ischiofemoral ligaments and muscles that produce movement like the gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, piriformis, and obturator internus. The hip joint receives its blood supply from branches of the obturator, medial and lateral circumflex, superior and inferior gluteal arteries and innervation from the femoral, ob