Femoral Bearing

English translation: femoral bearing as in ball bearing

01:28 Mar 26, 2004

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments / hip prosthesis

English term or phrase: Femoral Bearing

"+10mm neck Femoral Bearing Head"

Has anybody an idea why this head is named “Femoral Bearing”?

I asked the client, but the only answer I received is the following:
10 mm – relates to the offset inside the head.

(English>Polish translation)

CONTEXT
List of products (components of the hip prosthesis)

22mm +10 Neck Bearing Heads

Zirconia C-Taper Femoral Bearing Head

+10 mm Neck Femoral Bearing Head

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Selected answer:femoral bearing as in ball bearing

Explanation:
bearing = A device that supports, guides and reduces friction of motion between moving and fixed motor parts.

see http://www.cs.queensu.ca/home/ellis/research/kneeKinematics2...
Our model consists of "a femoral bearing", a tibial bearing, and arbitrary numbers of ligamentous filaments that are modeled as nonlinear springs.
From this sentence, and there are good illustrations too, it is clear that "bearing" is used as a noun. My best interpretation is as ball bearing, although I also considered bearing as in alignment.

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Note added at 4 hrs 37 mins (2004-03-26 06:05:16 GMT)
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The definition of bearing is from the Am. Heritage Dictionary.

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Melanie Nassar
United States
Local time: 01:37

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femoral bearing as in ball bearing

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femoral bearing

femoral bearing as in ball bearing

Melanie Nassar
United States
Local time: 01:37
Native speaker of: English
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