Fragments from the book Soemmerring ST. De Corporis Humani Fabrica. T.1. (1794). The author describes the attachment and role ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). Cases of its absence are mentioned, in particular in osteoarthritis. We have added links to quotations about LCF available on our resource, as well as to publications posted on the Internet. There is a known version of the treatise in German: 1791SoemmerringST.
Quote p. 301
§. CCCCXXVIII.
…Cavum acetabuli hemisphaericum non ubique
cartilagine obducitur, sed ad tertiam fere partem nudum conspicitur, ideoque pars,
cartilaginoso tegmine obducta, lunatam figuram refert. Mediae huius regionis
parti impressio aspera imponitur, quae ligamentum, quod caput ossis femoris
devincit, excipit. Reliquam cavi acetabuli partem, cartilagine nudam, tenuem, non
nihil planiorem pinguedo explet.
Quote p. 373
§. DXXXXIIII.
…Caput cartilagine obductum, hemisphaerio non
nihil maius, ambitum undulatum habet, ita, ut in superiore et posteriore parte
in angulum porrigatur, ideoque ambitui acetabuli respondeat. In media fere
capitis parte, non nihil tamen inferiora et interiora versus, aspera,
cartilaginoso tegmine nudata fovea, ligamentum teres excipiens, ponitur. Media
hemisphaerii pars axin colli tangit.
Quote pp. 377-378
§. DLII.
Os femoris inter omnia artuum inferiorum ossa
plurimis varietatibus subiectum videtur. Nonnumquam valde longum est, sed
tenue; nonnumquam vero longum et plenum simul. Rarissime fovea ligamenti
teretis abest. *)
*) GENGA Anatom. chir. Romae 1687. SALZMANN
Decas Obs. anat. Arg. 1725. 4. recus. in HALLERI Diss. select. T. VI. p. 694.
In femoribus arthritide tactis, non raro ligamentum teres, eiusque vestigium in
osse perditur, ut saepius observavi. cfr. BLUMENBACH medicinische Bibliothek, 3
Band.
Translation
[Eng]
Quote p. 301
§. CCCCXXVIII.
... The cavity of
the acetabulum has a hemispherical shape and is not covered with cartilage
everywhere; about a third of it remains bare, so the part covered with
cartilage has a crescent shape. In the central part of this area is a rough
depression that receives the ligament that binds the head of the femur. The
rest of the acetabulum cavity, not covered by cartilage, is filled with a thin
layer of fat, which slightly smoothes the surface.
Quote p. 373
§. DXXXXIII.
... The head of the femur, covered with
cartilage, is slightly larger than a hemisphere and has a wavy edge, so that in
the upper and posterior parts it forms an angle that corresponds to the contour
of the acetabulum. Almost in the center of the head, but somewhat lower and
closer to the inside, there is a rough fossa, not covered with cartilage, to
which the round ligament is attached. The central part of the hemisphere
touches the axis of the femoral neck.
Quote pp. 377-378
§. DLII.
Of all the bones of the lower extremities, the
femur is subject to the greatest number of variations. Sometimes it is very
long, but thin; sometimes, on the contrary, it is long and thick at the same
time. Very rarely the fossa for the round ligament is missing. *)
*) GENGA Anatom. chir. Romae 1687. SALZMANN
Decas Obs. anat. Arg. 1725. 4. recus. in HALLERI Diss. select. T.VI. p. 694. In
femurs affected by arthritis, the round ligament and its trace on the bone are
often lost, as I have repeatedly observed. see also BLUMENBACH medicinische
Bibliothek, 3 Band.
External links
Soemmerring ST. De Corporis Humani Fabrica. Tomus
Primus, De Ossibus. Traiecti Ad Moenum: Sumtibus Varrentrappii Et Wenneri,
1794. [digitale-sammlungen.de]
Soemmerring ST. Vom Bau des menschlichen Körpers. Bd. 1. Knochenlehre.
Frankfurt am Main: bey Varrentrapp und Wenner, 1791. [digitale-sammlungen.de]
Authors & Affiliations
Samuel Thomas Soemmerring (Ritter von
Soemmerring, Sömmerring und Soemmering (1755-1830) was a German anatomist,
anthropologist, paleontologist and inventor, professor at the University of
Mainz and Kasseler Collegium
Carolinum. [wikipedia.org]
Samuel Thomas Soemmerring (1813)
Artist: Wendelin Moosbrugger, original in the wikimedia.org collection
(CC0 – Public Domain, no changes)
Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris,
ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, attachment, osteoarthritis, coxarthrosis,
absence
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