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1887HeitzmannC

 

Fragments from the book Heitzmann C. Anatomy: descriptive and topographical in 625 illustrations (1887). The author briefly describes the topography and blood supply of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF), and also supplements the text with original illustrations.


150. The Right Hip Bone, Os innominatum, outer surface.

151. The Right Hip Bone, Os innominatum, inner surface.

152. The Right Hip Bone, Os innominatum, outer surface, with the insertions of the muscles.

153. The Rig- lit Hip Bone, Os innominatum, inner surface, with the insertions of the muscles.

165. The Right Thigh Bone, Os femoris, from before [fragment].

Quote pp. 119-123

The upper extremity of the femur consists of a head, Caput femoris, which is connected to the shaft by means of a neck, and has a small depression, Foveola, for the insertion of the Lag. teres. At the place where the neck is continued into the shaft, are the two trochanters, the great external, Trochanter major, and the lesser internal, Trochanter minor; these are connected by the two intertrochanteric lines, the Linea intertrochanterica anterior and posterior. At the internal surface of the great trochanter lies the digital or trochanteric fossa, Fossa trochanterica (Fig. 166).

The Linea aspera femoris (Fig. 166) extends along the posterior surface of the shaft; it presents two lips, Labia.

The lower extremity presents two condyles, Condyles externus and Condyles interims, each of which has a tuberosity. The condyles are separated posteriorly by the intercondyloid notch or Fossa poplitea (Fig. 166).

The femur articulates with three bones: the Os innominatum, tibia and patella.

166. The Right Thigh Bone, Os femoris, from behind [fragment, left].

167. The Right Thigh Bone, Os femoris, from behind, with the insertions of the muscles [fragment, right].

168. The Right Hip-Joint, Articulatio coxae, from before.

The fibrous capsule of the hip-joint is attached above to the bony margin of the acetabulum and below at the anterior surface of the femur, to the Lima intertrochanterica anterior. The strong Ligamentum Bertini (ileo-femoral ligament) serves to strengthen the anterior capsular wall; it is attached above to the anterior inferior spine of the ilium, below partly to the anterior intertrochanteric line (Fig. 154), and partly surrounds the neck of the femur by two bands as Zona orbicularis Weberi (Fig. 156).*

* This is frequently designated the Y-ligament of Bigelow. 

169. The Right Hip-Joint, Articulatio coxae, laid open.

To the margin of the acetabulum a fibro-cartilaginous ring, Limbus cartilagineus acetabuli (cotyloid ligament), is attached; it bridges over the Incisura acetabuli. The round 1igament, Ligamentum teres, is attached by one extremity to the depression on the head of the femur, by the other to the margins of the notch of the acetabulum. The fibrous capsule of the hip-joint is shown in the figure cut open and folded backwards; it is seen that on the anterior surface the neck of the femur is entirely surrounded by the capsule.

170. The Right Hip- Joint, Articulatio coxae, in section.

The fibrous capsule, at the anterior surface of the joint very strong, is at its posterior portion much weaker and not attached to the posterior intertrochanteric line, but to the posterior surface of the neck of the femur. The Ligamentum teres ascends vertically from the notch of the acetabulum to the depression on the head of the femur; it is surrounded by a sheath of a synovial membrane. The illustration also shows the peculiarly arranged bony structure of the neck and head of the femur.

Quote p. 225

The anterior branches of the internal iliac artery are:

 a) The obturator, Art. obturatoria; it passes through the obturator canal in company with the obturator nerve and divides at the upper border of the M. obturatorius into an anterior or internal and a posterior or external branch. The internal ramifies in the MM. adductor femoris longus et brevis, pectineus and gracilis; the external sends the Art. acetabuli to the lig. teres of the hip-joint and finally distributes branches to the external rotator muscles.



External links

Heitzmann C. Anatomy: descriptive and topographical in 625 illustrations. Eng. ed. by L. Heitzmann. London [etc.]: Dulau & Co [etc.], 1887. [wellcomecollection.org , openlibrary.org , archive.org]

Authors & Affiliations

Carl Heitzmann (1836-1896) was a pathologist, dermatologist in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and United States of America. [wikipedia.org] 

Carl Heitzmann 
Unknown date and author; 
original in the enciklopedija.hr collection
(CC0 – Public Domain, no changes)

Keywords

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

                                                                     

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