The angulation of the femoral head and neck relative to the shaft in the transverse plane is called:

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The angulation of the femoral head and neck relative to the shaft in the transverse plane is referred to as the femoral torsion angle. Coxa vara and valga describe the angle of the femoral neck in the frontal plane, and the femoral angle of inclination refers to the angle between the femoral shaft and the neck in the sagittal plane.

The Angulation of the Femoral Head and Neck Relative to the Shaft