In one embodiment of the present invention a prosthesis including a
mechanism for attaching a first component to a second component is
provided. In one example (which example is intended to be illustrative
and not restrictive), the first component may be a femoral head component
and the second component may be a femoral stem component. In another
example (which example is intended to be illustrative and not
restrictive), the femoral head component may comprise a ceramic material
and the femoral stem component may comprise a metallic material (e.g.,
any desired orthopedic alloy, such as Cobalt Chromium).