1715MunnicksJ

Fragments from the book Munnicks J. Cheirurgia ad praxin (1715). The author describes the attachment, shape and role of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). Johannes Munnicks discusses the cause of possible subluxation in the hip joint. The quoted text is close in content to an excerpt from a monograph by the same author 1697MunnicksJ.

Quote p. 360.

LXV.

Femoris luxacio

XVII. FEMORIS OS, omnium in corpore humano maximum & longissimum, capite suo globoso, valida cervice subnixo, & cartilagine obducto, coxendicis acetabulo, amplo satis & profundo, committur in eoque duobus validis ligamentis detinetur; uno lato crasso, & membranoso, quod articulum totum circundat altero tereti quod ab ipsa acetabuli cavitate productum, in susceptum femoris caput inseritur, idque acetabulo sirmissimè connectit sicque articulatio hæc per Enarthrosin Diarthroseos persicitur: ut adeò femur facilius & expeditius flecti extendi, in latera moveri, & circumverti, nec facilè prolabi possit.

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Attamen à causa interna Subluxatio hujus articuli forsan contingere potest: tum enim ligamenta ac vincula emollita admodum & relaxata ossis caput acetabuli margini insistens retrahere & revehere nequeunt.

Translation

[Eng]

Dislocation of the femur

XVII. The femur, the largest and longest in the human body, is connected by its spherical head, supported by a strong neck and covered with cartilage, to the acetabulum of the hip joint, which is quite large and deep, and is held in it by two strong ligaments: one wide, thick and membranous, which surrounds the entire joint, and the other round, which comes directly from the cavity of the acetabulum itself and is attached to the head of the femur, thus firmly connecting it to the acetabulum. This articulation is provided by the type of enarthrosis diarthrosis, which allows the hip to flex, extend, move laterally and rotate easily and freely, without allowing it to shift easily.

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However, internal causes can lead to subluxation of this joint: when softened and relaxed ligaments and connections are unable to hold the head of the bone on the edge of the acetabulum.

External links

Munnicks J. Cheirurgia ad praxin hodiernam adornata in qua veterum pariter ac neotericorum dogmata dilucidè exponuntur. Amstelodami: Apud Ludovicum Malcomesium, MDCCXV [1715]. [books.google , archive.org]

Authors & Affiliations

Johannes Munnicks (Jean Munniks, Munnix, Munnicx, Munnigk, Munick, Jan Munnickius; 1652-1711) was a Dutch medical doctor, writer, professor of surgery, anatomy and botany at Utrecht University. [wikipedia.org]

Johannes Munnicks (circa 1700)
Author Cornelis Janson van Ceulen II, original in the wikimedia.org collection
(CC0 – Public Domain, color correction)

Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, role, dislocation, shape

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