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The selected excerpt discusses the anatomy, mechanical properties and function of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). Augustin Walther believed that the LCF supports the body, limits movement, and shunts the pressure of the femoral head onto the upper part of the acetabulum. Similar views were expressed by 1820PallettaGB, 1857TurnerW, 1874SavoryWS, 1879TillauxPJ. In Russian-language literature, we find a modified quotation from the author: “softens the impacts and reliably protects the joint” in the works: 1932ВоробьевВП; 1939МаркизовФП; 1968ЛесгафтПФ; 1968РевенкоТА; 1962ШнейдеровЗИ; 1978КовановВВ; 1948,1985ИваницкийМФ.

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Walther AF. De articulis ligamentis et musculis hominis incessu statuque dirigendis in theatro anatomico Lipsiensi observationes fecit denuo recognovit et iconibus illustravit Augustinus Frid. Walther. Lipsiae: Apud Jon. Frid. Gleditschii B.Fil. MDCCXXVIII [1728]. [fragment]

Quote pp. 22-23

Alterum, et teres articuli ligamentum, ad eandem incisuram, quae a latere interno, et in acetabulo est, sub orbiculari nascitur, quo loco pinguedo insternitur, et mox ipsum vinculum, in acetabulo, atque peculiari sinu, superius producitur; tandem vero capitis vertice, qui cervicem femoris respicit, idem veluti defixum videtur. Hoc vinculum, ab sui origine, ad acetabulum sinumque tenaciter adhaeret, ac totum tendinosum dinosum est, et calami scriptorii crassitiem fere videndam refert, motusque complures dirigit, et orbiculare defendit. Atque idem duplici in casu ea exequatur: nam, vel singulo crure corpus cum coxendice nititur, et varie inclinat; vel sublatus pes totus liberius agitator: utcunque vero haec ita fiant, sola divaricatione excepta teres ligamentum hos motus nixusque magnos, ac graves optume coercet. Quare saltu, lapsu, et ubicunque caput ossis femoris, admodum in acetabuli coxendicis superiorem ambitum, et externum illidit, brevius hoc, et robustum, quasi centrale fulcrum, impetus illatos reprimit, et articulum proxime defendit.

The other, the round ligament of the joint, begins in the same notch, laterally and inside the acetabulum, under the circular [ligament], here it is covered with fatty tissue, and soon the ligament itself in the acetabulum, in a special sinus, continues its way upward; finally, it is attached to the top of the femoral head, located on the femoral neck and is seen as if hanging down. This connection is firmly attached to the sinus of the acetabulum, it consists entirely of tendon tissue and is almost the thickness of a writing pen; it directs many movements and protects the circular [ligament]. And she performs two important actions: either supports the body on one leg, while holding the pelvis, and varies its inclinations; or, when the leg is raised, allows him to move more freely; no matter how it occurs, the round ligament, with the exception of abduction only, is the best at limiting these large and heavy movements and forces. Therefore, when the head of the femur collides with the upper part of the acetabulum of the hip joint, this shorter and stronger than the external [ligament], as if the central support, softens the impacts and reliably protects the joint from them.




External links

Walther AF. De articulis ligamentis et musculis hominis incessu statuque dirigendis in theatro anatomico Lipsiensi observationes fecit denuo recognovit et iconibus illustravit Augustinus Frid. Walther. Lipsiae: Apud Jon. Frid. Gleditschii B.Fil. MDCCXXVIII [1728]. [books.google , wellcomecollection.org]

Authors & Affiliations

Augustin Friedrich Walther (1688-1746) was a German anatomist, botanist and physician, a professor of anatomy, pathology and therapy at the University of Leipzig. wikipedia.org 

Augustin Friedrich Walter (18th century)
 Unknown author. Source 
wikipedia.org from the image collection of the library of the Evangelical Seminary of Lutherstadt Wittenberg (CC0 – Public Domain, no change)


Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, mechanical properties, role, biomechanics 

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