There are a number of other, less common conditions that can cause hip pain, too. These include snapping hip syndrome and osteonecrosis. Snapping hip syndrome (most commonly found in dancers or athletes) is characterized by a snapping sound or feeling in the hip.
Digits are the symbols or characters used to represent a number visually. A number like five contains one digit, whereas a number like 555 contains three digits. This is easily seen when they are written as numerals: 5 versus 555. Continue Reading.
A digitigrade is an animal that stands or walks on its digits, or toes. Digitigrades include walking birds (what many assume to be bird knees are actually ankles), cats, dogs, and many other mammals, but not plantigrades or unguligrades. Digitigrades generally move more quickly and quietly than other animals.