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Fragments from the book Cruveilhier J. Anatomie descriptive (1837). The author discusses the anatomy and role of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF), while denying its mechanical significance.

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Quote p. 205

Bourrelet cotyloiden. Ce bourrelet le pourtour de la cavité cotyloïde qu’il complete, en quelque sorte, dont il augmente profondeur, et dont il égalise la sinueuse et échancrée il est plus au niveau des échancrures: de la cavité cotyloïde que dans les autres points de son etendue. Il résulte de cette disposition, 1) que sinuosités du rebord cotyloïdien sont effaces; 2) que l’échancrure profonde que présente rebord en avant et en bas est convertie trou pour le passage des vaisseaux destinés tissu adipeux de l’arrière-cavité et au ligament interarticulaire.


Quote pp. 206-207

4. Ligament interarticulaire. Ce ligament naît de la dépression de la tête du femur, s’élargit, se divise en deux bandelettes qui vont se fixer aux deux bords de l échancrure cotyloïdienne.

Rien de plus variable que l’épaisseur et la force du ligament interarticulaire: tantôt il ne tient qu’à l un des bords de l’échancrure; tantôt il consiste uniquement dans quelques fibres ligamenteuses contenues dans l’épaisseur de la synoviale réfléchie; d’autres fois il n’existe qu un repli de la synoviale qui se déchire par la plus légère traction; enfin, il n’est pas très-rare de voir ce ligament manquer complétement.

5. La synoviale revêt toute la surface interne de la capsule fibreuse, les deux faces non adhérentes du bourrelet cotyloïdien, la partie du col du fémur qui est contenue dans l’articulation; elle embrasse le ligament rond, fournit un prolongement qui de ce ligament s’étend jusqu’au paquet graisseux qui existe au fond de la cavité cotyloïde, disposition qui avait fait admettre par les anatomistes anciens que le ligament rond s’insérait au fond de la cavité cotyloïde.

3 et 4. Dans les mouvements d'adduction et d'abduction, c'est un tout autre mécanisme. Ici, l'articulation est le centre des mouvements en arc de cercle qu'exécute le fémur; le rayon de ces mouvements est mesuré par une ligne étendue de la tête du fémur à l'intervalle des condyles. Dans l'abduction, la tête du fémur vient faire saillie contre la partie interne du ligament orbiculaire. Or, telle est la laxité de ce ligament et l'obliquité de la cavité cotyloïde; telle est encore la disposition du ligament interarticulaire, que ce mouvement peut être porté extrêmement loin sans déplacement et que la rencontre du bord supérieur du col du fémur et du pourtour de la cavité cotyloïde paraît scule le limiter. Mais cette rencontre peut de venir elle-même un moyen de luxation, et alors le sourcil cotyloïdien peut être regardé comme le point d'appui d'un levier du premier genre à bras inégaux, dont la puissance aurait pour levier toute la longueur du fémur, et la résistance pour levier le col du même os.

Dans l'adduction, le fémur décrit un mouvement en sens inverse de l'abduction; ce mouvement est borné par la rencontre du fémur de l'autre côté: mais, à l'aide d'une flexion légère, le mouvement d'adduction peut être porté jusqu'au croisement avec la cuisse du côté opposé. La profondeur très-considérable de la cavité cotyloïde à sa partie supérieure et externe, la force énorme du ligament orbiculaire en haut et en dehors, semblent s'opposer à tout déplacement. Mais remarquez que c'est presque toujours dans l'adduction qu'ont lieu les chutes sur les genoux, parce que l'adduction est un mouvement instinctif de conservation. Quelque peu étendu que soit le mouvement d'adduction, le ligament interarticulaire est nécessairement distendu; et il résulte de cette distension, suivant la remarque de M. Gerdy, que la tête du fémur est détachée du fond de la cavité cotyloïde par une sorte d'enroulement du ligament inter-articulaire sur cette tête, et vient appuyer contre la capsule fibreuse. On conçoit que la luxation est nécessairement précédée de la rupture du ligament interarticulaire.


External links

Cruveilhier J. Anatomie descriptive. Tome premier. Brurelles: Meline, Cans et Compagnie, 1837. [books.google]

Authors & Affiliations

Jean Cruveilhier (1791-1874) was a French anatomist and pathologist, was a professor of anatomy in Paris, and the first chair of pathology in the Paris Faculty. [wikipedia.org]

Jean Cruveilhier (1837)
 
Author: François-Séraphin Delpech;
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Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, role, vascularization

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