» For other uses of the term, see hip (disambiguation). In human anatomy, hip (or "coxa"Latin coxa was used by Celsus in the sense "hip", but by Pliny the Elder in the sense "hip bone" (Diab, p 77) in medical terminology) refer to either an anatomical region or a joint. The hip region is located lateral to the gluteal region (for example the buttock), inferior to the iliac crest, and overlying the greater trochanter of the thigh bone.MediLexicon In adults, three of the bones of the pelvis have… (More on Hip)