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Heap Hip Hook Hump Hunch Pelvis
Rarely have I had such difficulty in conveying
succinctly the essence of unpretentious words
like HIP and THIGH. Even setting aside the HYPE
inherent in HIPSTER and HIPPIE and consideration
of those who seek to be HIP or noted, has not
helped. The chosen solution was to divide the
subject into three parts.
Here we focus on HIP and THIGH as an anatomical
and functional unit. Esthetic and psychological
aspects are given in a review pointing to THICK,
THIGH, FEMUR, FEMININE as well as MASCULINE MUSCLE.
Another review explores the relationship of CURVEs
with CLINIC.
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Training the pelvis, hip,
pubis, buttocks and thighs make for a better "leg to stand
on". |
The oneness of the human HIP, BUTTOCK, PELVIC
GIRDLE and THIGH are evident from the way humans
walk. BIPED or BIPODAL AMBULATION requires two
sound hip articulations and strong musculature
anchoring the spine and pelvis or hips and
buttocks with the leg or femur. In Spanish, the
functional oneness of the HIP and THIGH are
underscored by pierna and pernil which denote
leg and "leg of ham". When a human "pernil"
fails, deAMBULation may cease and may call for the
use of an AMBULance or wheelchair.
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| Ambulances serve
ambulatory as well as non ambulatory people. |
In medical parlance, hip is COXA or more precisely
coxa refers to the hip joint or ARTiculation that
ARTiculates the pelvis with the THICK muscular
THIGH. The thigh is sustained by the longest human
tubular bone or FEMUR, a name that points to
FEMININE FEMALE and FAMILY.
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| Curves
and Curvatures. |
Anteriorly, the hip blends with the ABDOMEN and
the PUBIS or the VENERable Mons VENEReus. Posteriorly, the
hip is continuous with the BUTT, BUTTOCK or
BOTTOM also known as GLUTEAL area, NALGAS in
Spanish or NATICA in Latin.
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| A sleeping
male pseudo-Hermaphrodite
with feminized coxae or hips, buttocks and thighs. |
The core idea in HIP or COXA is PROMINENCE. HIP
can be used to describe those who are skilled,
advanced and in essence are FORWARD or PROMINENT
as HIPSTERS and HIPPIES tried to be.
In biology, HIP refers to the lateral prominence
of the body between the waist and the thigh. HIP
has links with HEAP as well as with HOOK, HEEL,
BEND and therefore with CURVE. The roots in COXA
are clear - in Greek, KOKKYX refers to the CURVED
beak of the CUCKOO bird, a similar shape to that
of the human tail bone or COXIS and reminiscent of
the angular nature of COXAE or hips.
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With maturation, femenine
hips and thighs curve and broaden. (Lefebvre; Baugnereau) |
Malformations and deformations of the COXA are
common. Particularly noxious is a hip dislocation or luxation, a
common BIRTH DEFECT. Infants
must be screened for hip defects so that they can
be treated promptly to prevent a LIMP or HOBBLE.
COXA vara or adducta refers to deviations of the
thigh inward or toward the middle. COXA valga or
abducta refers to outward thigh deviatiations or
away from the axis of the body. Hip pain or
COXALGIA is a serious sign that may point to
inflammatory disorders causing COXITIS or in older
persons to COXARTHRITIS.
When a HIP or in Spanish CADERA fails, the result
may be a CATAstrophic CAIDA or dawnFALL. The
Greeks combined CATA for "fallen" with HEDRA for
"chair" to coin CATHERGA for BUTTOCK as if to
stress that Europeans like to "sit on their butt".
In fact, CATHEDRA denotes a special chair or
throne for Doctors, selected as Bishops of a
CATHEDRAL, or for "Chairmen" of academic departments.
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Some Doctors of Theology or Medicine
"close their minds or books" to new learning and
are prone to become narrow
"funnel" like minded and dispense dogmatic views. |
The relationship of HIP dysfunction with HOBBLE is
obvious and it refers to a "back and forth" swaying
motion or LIMPING. Limping is akin to GIRAtions and
in vernacular Spanish, GIRA refers to women of easy
virtue who GIRAte their hips. In Spanish, COJO for
LIMPING is another crude link pointing to COITUS.
HIP GIRAations also point to JIG, JOG, JIGGLE, JIB,
GIGUE, JIGGLE, PUZZLE, JIGSAW as well as to GIGOLLO, GIGGLE, WIGGLE, and FIDDLE. More can be
found about these aspects in a companion overview
dedicated to THIGH.
HIP and HAUNCH point to BUTT, BUTTOCK or GLUTEAL
muscles which enable a person to sit or to
HUNCH and HUNKER or SQUAT. Furthermore, GLUTEAL muscles
contribute to the prominence of BUTTOCKS or
NATICA in Latin. The links of NATICA with
NATALITY are left for the imagination of
readers but it may be of interest to point out
that in some cultures mothers deliver NEONATES
in SQUATTING positions.
I suspect that most readers do not have the HUNCH that rubbing a HUNCH or GIBBUS may bring good luck. Perhaps such belief arose from
those who felt that HUNCHbacks, who often are "little people", may share their knowledge of secret places.
However, rubbing a HAUNCH is another matter, regardless that HUNCH and HAUNCH are kin words denoting "prominence".
To close, the panorama opened by relationships of
CURVATIOUS hips and FEMURs with FEMININITY are complex and are explored in an
overview
linking CURVA and CURVATIOUS with
CLINIC.
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