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.
…
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.
…
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]
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Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, role, dislocation, shape
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