Drawings
and descriptions from book Mitchell E, Barclay J. A series of engravings
representing the bones of the human skeleton, Pt. I (1819). The authors expressed the original opinion: ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) movements stimulate the production of synovial fluid. Additionally, John
Barclay believed that the LCF restricts the translational movements of the
femoral head upwards and outwards.
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| PLATE XXII |
PLATE XXII. – Continued.
THE
ACETABULUM.
R, the
acetabulum in which the head of the femur; rolled, is better seen in the
preceding Plate. It appears from the double lines that it is formed by the ilium,
ischium, and pubis; the ischium forming the greatest part, and the pubis the least.
It is deeper above than below, as the femur is more liable to be luxated
upwards than downwards. At the lower part, towards the foramen U, there is a
deficiency of bone, at which part, the blood-vessels enter to supply the organs
that were lodged within the cavity. In the recent subject, the whole is deepened
by a ligamento-cartilagenous brim, which protects the thin osseous margin; and which,
extending across the notch, affords also protection to the blood-vessels that run
under it. The whole of the bottom, excepting at T, the seat of an
interarticular gland, is covered with cartilage. This gland assists the capsular
ligament in supplying the joint with the necessary quantity of lubricating fluid:
and from a ligament passing through it to the head of the femur, a ligament affected
by every change of relative position between its opposite points of attachment,
the excitement of the gland, and consequently its secretion, is in ordinary cases
always proportioned to the quantity of motion. Yet the ligament, besides,
performs another office in contributing to the security of the joint ; when the
femur is impelled upwards and outwards, this ligament changes its direction ;
and when the impulse is not too great, forces back the head into the acetabulum,
producing the effect, not so much by its physical strength, as by a happy
mechanical contrivance. This effect, as well as the contrivance by which it is produced,
may be seen by removing the capsular ligament, by then dislodging the head of the
femur, and afterwards pushing it upwards and outwards.
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| PLATE XXII |
PLATE XXIII. From Sue.
FIG. 1 and
2. Two views of the femur of the right side; the first from the rotular, the
second from the popliteal aspect. A, the proximal extremity. B, the distal. C,
the rotular aspect. D, the popliteal. E, the tibial; and F, the fibular. G, the
head covered with cartilage, which had been lodged in the acetabulum. H, the
depression where the ligament was attached that passed through the
interarticular gland. …
External links
Mitchell E, Barclay J. A series of engravings representing the bones of the human skeleton; with the skeletons of some of the lower animals. By Edward Mitchell, Engraver, Edinburgh. The explanatory references by John Barclay, M.D. Lecturer on Anatomy… Part I. Edinburgh, 1819. [books.google , archive.org]
Authors & Affiliations
John Barclay (1758–1826) was a Scottish comparative anatomist, extramural teacher in anatomy, and director of the Highland Society of Scotland. [wikipedia.org]
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| John Barclay Engraved by Edward Mitchell (from 1824BarclayJ) |
Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, significance, role
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