163-192Galen

Fragment from the treatise Galen. On anatomical procedures (Περὶ Ἀνατομικῶν Ἐγχειρήσεων, ca. 163-192). The author writes about the high resiliency and hardness of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF), and also notes its connective function. See our commentary at the link: 163-192Galen [Rus], and 2020ArkhipovSV_ProlyginaIV.

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[Grc]

Περὶ Ἀνατομικῶν Ἐγχειρήσεων. Βιβλιον B. Kεφ. ιʹ.

Αλλά χρή σε, καθάπερ επί της χειρός επεσκέψω τους συνδέσμους των οστών, ούτω και νυν επισκέψασθαι πασών των γεγυμνωμένων διαρθρώσεων, πρώτης μεν της κατ' ισχίον, εχούσης ένα μεν εν κύκλω σύνδεσμον, απάντων των άρθρων κοινόν, (ουδέν γάρ έστιν, ότω μή περιβέβληται τοιούτος σύνδεσμος,) έτερον δε τον διά του βάθους εν τη διαρθρώσει κατακεκρυμμένον, ος συνάπτει την κεφαλήν του μηρού τη κατ' ισχίον κοιλότητι, πάνυ σκληρός ών, ώς ήδη δύνασθαι λέγεσθαι νεύρον χονδρώδες. (original source: 1821KühnCG, pp. 328-329)

[Lat]

De Anatomicis Administrationibus. Liber II. Cap. X.

Verum considerare te convenit, ut in maun ligamenta ossium, ita nuno quoque omnium articulorum, quos detexeris; primi quidem ischii, qui unum in orbem ambiens ligamentum habet omnium articulorum, commune; nullus enim est, cui tale ligamentum non sit obductum. Aliud autem inspice, quod in imo articuli reconditum femoris caput ischii sinui connectit, duram adeo, ut jam nervus cartilagineus dici queat. (original source: 1821KühnCG, pp. 328-329)

Translation

[Eng]

On anatomical procedures; Book II. Chapter 10.

As with the arm you examined the ligaments of the bones, so now examine those of all the exposed joints and first of the hip. This has one ligament (σύνδεσμον) embracing it [capsular ligament], as with all joints. A second, hidden in the depths of the joint [ligamentum teres], ties the head of the femur to the hollow in the hip-bone [acetabulum]. It is so tough (σκληρός) that it could be called a 'cartilaginous sinew' (νεῦρον χονδρῶδες). (Transl. by Ch. Singer; original source: 1956SingerCJ, p. 55).

External links

Kühn CG. Clavdii Galeni Opera omnia. Editionem cvravit D. Carolvs Gottlob Kühn, professor physiologiae et pathologiae in literarvm vniversitate Lipsiensi pvblicvs ordinarivs etc. Vol. II. Lipsiae: Prostat in officina libraria Car. Cnoblochii, 1821. [archive.org, babel.hathitrust.org]

Singer CJ (Ed., trans.). On anatomical procedures: De anatomicis administrationibus. London, New York, Toronto: Published for the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum by Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1956. [archive.org]

Authors & Affiliations

Galen (Κλαύδιος Γαληνός, Aelius Galenus, Claudius Galenus, Γαληνός ὁ Περγαμηός, Galenus Pergamenus, Galen of Pergamon; 129–210/217) was a Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, anatomist, and philosopher. [wikipedia.org]

Galen
Engraver Georg Paul Busch (18th cent.);
original in the wikipedia.org collection (CC0 – Public Domain, no changes).

Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, synonym, role, properties, Galen 

                                                                    

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