1885FlowerWH

Fragment from the book Flower WH. An Introduction to the Osteology of the Mammalia (1885). The author notes the presence of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) in almost all mammals and lists the species in which it is absent.

Quote p. 328

In nearly all Mammals there is a rounded depression near the middle of the surface of the head into which the Ligamentum teres of the hip-joint is inserted. Both ligament and depression are, however, wanting in the Orang Utan, Seals, the Sea-Otter, Elephant, Sloths, Wombat, and the Monotremata.

External links

Flower WH. An Introduction to the Osteology of the Mammalia. 3th ed. London: Macmillan & Co, 1885. [archive.org]

Authors & Affiliations

William Henry Flower (1831-1899) was an English surgeon, museum curator and comparative anatomist, Hunterian Professor of Comparative Anatomy. [wikipedia.org]

Sir William Flower (1904)
Author C. J. Cornish; original in the wikimedia.org collection
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Keywords

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

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1914RickettsCS

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1948EpsteinI

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20c.WikstromB

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1953HoltF

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2008ArkhipovSV

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1845HollsteinL

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