Fragments from the book Gray H. Anatomy, descriptive and surgical (1858, first edition). The selected passages of the "classical" anatomy of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) and original illustrations of Henry Carter.
Quote p. 81
The cotyloid
cavity or acetabulum, is a deep cup-shaped hemispherical depression; formed internally
by the pubes, above by the ilium, behind and below by the ischium, a little less
than two-fifths being formed by the ilium, a little more than two-fifths by the
ischium, and the remaining fifth by the pubes. It is bounded by a prominent uneven
rim, which is thick and strong above, and serves for the attachment of a fibro-cartilaginous
structure, which contracts its orifice and deepens the surface for articulation.
It presents on its inner side a deep notch, the cotyloid notch, which transmits
the nutrient vessels into the interior of the joint, and is continuous with a deep
circular depression at the bottom of the cavity: this depression is perforated by
numerous apertures, lodges a mass of fat, and its margins serve for the attachment
of the ligamentum teres. The notch is converted, in the natural state, into a foramen
by a dense ligamentous band which passes across it. Through this foramen the nutrient
vessels and nerves
Quote p. 111
The head, which is globular, and forms rather more than a hemisphere, is directed upwards, inwards, and a little forwards, the greater part of its convexity being above and in front. Its surface is smooth, coated with cartilage in the recent state, and presents a little behind and below its centre a rough depression, for the attachment of the ligamentum teres.
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| Fig. 87. — Right Femur. Anterior Surface. [fragment] |
Quote p. 170
I. Hip Joint, (fig. 121). This articulation is an enarthrodial, or ball and socket joint, formed by the reception of the globular head of the femur into the cup-shaped cavity of the acetabulum. These two articulating surfaces are covered with cartilage, that on the head of the femur being thicker at the centre than at the circumference, and covering the entire surface with the exception of a depression just below its centre for the ligamentum teres; that covering the acetabulum is much thinner at the centre than at the circumference, and is deficient in the situation of the circular depression at the bottom of this cavity. The ligaments of this joint are the Capsular. Cotyloid. Ilio-femoral. Transverse. Teres. Synovial Membrane.
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| Fig. 121. — Left Hip-joint laid open. |
Quote p. 171
The Ligamentum Teres is a flat triangular band of fibres, implanted by its apex into the depression just below the middle of the head of the femur, and by its broad base, which consists of two bundles of fibres, into the margins of the notch at the bottom of the acetabulum, becoming blended with the transverse ligament. It is formed of a bundle of fibres, the thickness and strength of which is very variable, surrounded by a tubular sheath of synovial membrane. Sometimes the synovial fold only exists, or the ligament may be altogether absent.
External links
Gray H. Anatomy, descriptive and surgical; the
drawings by H.V. Carter; the dissections jointly by the author and Dr. Carter. London: J.W.
Parker, 1858. [archive.org]
Authors & Affiliations
Henry Gray (1825-1861) was a British anatomist and surgeon. [wikipedia.org]
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| Henry Gray Author: H. Pollock, unknown date; original in the wikimedia.org collection (CC BY 4.0, no changes). |
Henry Vandyke Carter (1831-1897) was an English anatomist, surgeon, and anatomical artist. [wikipedia.org]
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| Henry Vandyke Carter (ca. 1870) Author: Henry Vandyke Carter; original in the wikimedia.org collection (CC0 – Public Domain, no changes). |
Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy
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