Human leg in a straight line, which represents the mechanical longitudinal axis of the leg, the Mikulicz line. This line stretches from the hip joint (or more precisely the head of the femur), through the knee joint (the intercondylar eminence of the tibia), and down to the center of the ankle (the ankle mortise, the fork-like grip between the medial and lateral malleoli). In the tibial shaft, the mechanical and anatomical axes coincide, but in the femoral shaft they diverge 6°, resulting in the "femorotibial angle" of 174° in a leg with normal axial alignment. A leg is considered straight when, with
Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches its reports, and the implementation of its recommendations. Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches The Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches (JWG) is an ecumenical organization working to improve ties between the Catholic Church and its separate brethren, mainly consisting of Eastern Orthodox and Protestant Christians. In 1951, ecumenical pioneer Johannes Willebrands helped organize the Catholic Conference on Ecumenical Questions, which was in contact with the World Council of Churches. The first Joint Working Group meeting occurred in 1965 at the ecumenical institute of