Fragments from the book Piccolomini A. Anatomicae praelectiones (1586). One of the first discussions of the biomechanics of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) with a description of its shape, mechanical properties and attachment.
Quote
p. 378-379.
[Lat]
De femoribus.
Hoc rotundum & magnum femoris caput, intruditur in
magnum coxendicis acetabulum; a cuius medio emergit vinculum teres ac validissimum,
femur cum coxendice copulans, & hanc articulationem firmissimam
stabiliensis.
…
Cur ex animalibus progressiuis, alia recta, alia prona
incedunt progredumtutue? Hanc varietatem efficit vatra ligamenti rotundi ac
validi e capite femoris in acetabulum inserto. Nam si inserutur versus superiotem
acetabuli partem, recta progrediuntur animantia, vt homo, si versus lateralem,
prona incedunt, vt bos, equus. Qud sit, vt ille faciem celsam sit sortitus caelum
suspicientem, menti commodiu sinseruientem; haec vero deptessam, terram despicientem,
a qua dumtaxat corporis alimenta capessaant.
Translation
[Eng]
On the thigh bones.
This round and large head of the femur is
inserted into the large acetabulum of the pelvis; from its middle comes a round
and very strong ligament that connects the femur to the pelvis, which makes
this joint very stable.
…
Why among walking animals do some move
upright and others obliquely? This difference arises from the tension of a
round and strong ligament inserted from the head of the thigh bone into the
acetabulum. For if it is attached to the upper part of the acetabulum, animals
walk upright, like a man; if to the side, they move obliquely, like a cow or a
horse. As a result of this, those [animals] whose face is raised up and
directed towards the sky are better adapted to mental actions than those whose
face is lowered, turned towards the earth, from which alone they receive food
for the body.
External links
Piccolomini A. Anatomicae praelectiones Archangeli
Piccolhomini Ferrariensis ... explicantes mirificam corporis humani fabricam et
quae animae vires, quibus corporis partibus, tanquàm instrumentis, ad suas
obeundas actiones, vtantur; sicuti tota anima, toto corpore… Romae: Ex
typographia Bartholomaei Bonfadini, in via Peregrini, MDLXXXVI [1586]. [archive.org , books.google]
Authors & Affiliations
Archangelo Piccolomini (1525-1586) was an Italian
physician and anatomist at the University of
Bordeaux. [wikipedia.org]
Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum
teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, attachment, biomechanics,
shape, mechanical properties, role
.
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