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Fig. 1 —41-year-old man with femoroacetabular impingement. Perfect
circle is centered over acetabular segment of femoral head. Neck axis is made
parallel to anterior femoral neck cortex in line with head center
(
–b line). Alpha angle is drawn from transition of head into neck
where neck radius exceeds head radius (
–c line).