1885SuttonJB

 

Fragments from the article Sutton JB. The nature of ligaments. Part IV (1885). The author lists the species of animals in which he did not find the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). It was also noted that in those species in whom the gleno-humeral ligament is well-developed, the LCF is also very thick and strong. This publication develops the theme of article 1884SuttonJB. 

Quote p. 51

HYRACES. – Hyrax capensis, 2.

I dissected a Hyrax within a few days of examining the joints of a Rhinoceros, and the similarity of the hip-joint in the two forms was very striking. The Hyrax, like the Rhinoceros, has no ligamentum teres in the hip-joint.

Quote p. 52

In the two specimens of the Pangolin (Manis didactyla) the hip-joint lacked a ligamentum teres.

Marsupilia. – Perameles lagotis. Phascolaretos cinereus, 3. Macropus rufus; M. giganticus; M. melanops. Halmaturus bennettii; H. ualabatus; H. derhianus.

Monotremata. – Echidna hystrix. Ornithorhynchus paradoxus.

The following animals do not possess a ligamentum teres in the hip-joint: the Seal, Elephant, Rhinoceros, Walrus, Ornithorhynchus, Echidna, Sea-otter (Enhydra marina) (of this form I have had the good fortune to dissect the joints in two specimens), Sloth, Orang, Walrus, Hyrax, and Pangolin (1).

Lastly, the following rules may be of interest:

1. Every mammal in whom I have up to the present found a gleno-hurmeral ligament likewise possesses a ligamentum teres in the hip.

2. Those mammals in whom a ligamentum teres is absent in the hip also lack a gleno-humeral band.

3. Those forms in whom the gleno-humeral is well developed, the ligamentum teres in the hip is also very thick and strong.

1) The mammals whose names occur in the lists came under observation at the Zoological Society's Gardens,-most of them recent, others preserved in the Prosector's room, - and I am indebted to Mr F. E. Beddard for opportunities of examining them. A few others are from the stores of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. See "On Ligamentum Teres" Mr Savory's paper in Jour. of Anat. and Phys. vol. viii. p. 291.

Quote p. 74

3. The gleno-humeral ligament (ligamentum teres of the shoulder-joint) is present in a very great number of mammals.

 

External links

Sutton JB. The nature of ligaments (Part IV). J Anat Physiol. 1885;20(1)39-75. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Authors & Affiliations

John Bland Sutton or John Bland-Sutton (1855-1936), was a British surgeon [wikipedia.org]. In 1881 became a prosector at the Regent’s Park Zoological Gardens. In 1896, Bland-Sutton was appointed Surgeon to the Chelsea Hospital for Women. In 1905, he became Surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital (Burke PF. Sir John Bland-Sutton: ‘A Great Surgeon’, Surgical News, 2021;22(4)48-49. issuu.com).

Sir John Bland-Sutton 
Bain News Service (publisher), unknown date;
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Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, animals, absence

                                                                    

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