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Fragments from the book by Jones Quain (fifth edition): Elements of anatomy Vol. 1 (1849), the first edition was published in 1828. The author writes about the anatomy of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) and mentions synonyms. 

Quote p. 278

THE HIP-JOINT.

This is a true ball-and-socket joint, in which the globular head of the femur is received into the acetabulum or cotyloid cavity. The articulating surfaces are covered by cartilage in the greater part of their extent. It is deficient, however, at the bottom of the cavity, and also a little beneath the central point of the head of the femur; the latter marking the insertion of the round ligament, the former a shallow fossa for the lodgment of the structure which has been called the synovial gland. The connecting means in this articulation are three ligaments, viz. a capsular, cotyloid, and interarticular ligament, together with a synovial membrane.

Fig. 147. Ligaments of the pelvis and hip-joint. The view is taken from the side. 1. The oblique sacro-iliac ligament. The other fasciculi of the posterior sacro-iliac ligaments are not seen in this view of the pelvis. 2. The posterior sacro-ischiatic ligament. 3. The anterior sacro-ischiatic ligament. 4. The great sacro-ischiatic foramen. 5. The lessor sacro-ischiatic foramen. 6. The cotyloid ligament of the acetabulum. 7. The ligamentum teres. 8. The cut edge of the capsular ligament, showing its extent posteriorly, as compared with its anterior attachment. 9. The obturator membrane only partly seen. — W. 
 

Quote p. 279

The interarticular ligament (fig. 147, 7) is not unfrequently called the "round" ligament (tapering?) (ligamentum teres capitis femoris, — Weitbr.) It is a thick dense fasciculus of fibres, implanted by one extremity, which is round, into the fossa in the head of the femur; by the other, where it is broad, flat, and bifid, into the margins of the cotyloid notch, where its fibres become blended with those of the transverse ligament. The outer surface of this ligament is covered with a tubular process of the synovial membrane of the joint. It presents many varieties as to thickness and strength in different cases.

The synovial membrane lines the contiguous surfaces of all the parts which enter into the composition of the articulation, giving them a smooth and shining appearance. From the margin of the articular surface of the femur, it may be traced along the neck of that bone as far as the insertion of the capsular ligament, the inner surface of which it lines as far as its superior attachment. There it turns inwards over the cotyloid ligament, and dips into the cavity, lining its entire extent, and finally, guided as it were by the interarticular ligament (which it invests by a funnel-shaped process), it reaches the head of the femur, and invests it as far as the border of its cartilage, whence we proceeded in tracing its reflections.



External links

Quain J. Elements of anatomy. Edited by R. Quain and W. Sharpey. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1849. [archive.org]

Authors & AffiliationsJones Quain (1796-1865) was an Irish anatomist, professor of anatomy and physiology in the University of London. [wikipedia.org]

Jones Quain (19th century)
Author: Barraud's London, original in the 
wikimedia.org collection
(CC0 – Public Domain, fragment, color correction)

William Sharpey (1802-1880) was a Scottish anatomist and physiologist. [wikipedia.org]

Richard Quain (1800-1887) was an English anatomist and surgeon. [wikipedia.org]

Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, synonym

                                                                                                                    

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