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Fragments from the book: Ecker A. The anatomy of the frog (1889). The author points out the presence of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) in the frog and the presence of a similar structure in the shoulder joint. The text in Russian is available at the following link: 1889EckerA.


Quote pp. 42-43.

The shoulder-joint. The socket is formed by the posterior border of the scapula, by both the processes of that bone, the outer portion of the coracoid, and besides these by cartilage, which forms the articular surface already described (Fig. 33). In the macerated bone the floor of the socket opens dorsally into a fossa between the processes of the scapula (Fig. 32). This opening, in the natural condition, is closed by synovial membrane only; the cartilage covering the rest of the space being absent (the sac may easily be inflated, either from the joint itself or through the opening). The margin of the socket consists of a labrum, partly fibrous and partly cartilaginous, which is easily removed entire. The capsule, which is attached beneath the caput humeri, arises from this. From the articular cartilage of the ventral margin of the socket, and from the adjacent part of the scapula, proceeds a strong band, which is inserted into the flattened outer surface of the head.

 

Quote p. 49.

The femur, os femoris (Fig. 44). The shaft is cylindrical, with a slight double or S-shaped curve. In the anterior portion the convexity is directed upwards, in the two hinder thirds downwards. Towards the hinder extremity it is flattened from above downwards. The anterior extremity is a rounded articular head placed directly on the shaft like that of the humerus. This head is somewhat flattened from side to side ; and in structure resembles that of the humerus. The inferior extremity is rounded below, but flattened above (towards the hollow of the knee) and behind.

Hip-joint. The articular cavity is deepened by a fibrous ring, labrum cartilagineum, which fits closely upon the caput femoris ; from this labrum the joint-capsule arises, to be inserted behind the head ; close to the lower border of the cavity a Ligamentum teres arises, which is inserted into the caput femoris.


Fig. 33. Hinder border of the scapula and coracoid, with the connecting cartilage and shoulder-joint, twice nat. size.
ce Connecting cartilage,
d Dorsal process.
co Coracoid,
se Scapula.
v Ventral process.


Fig. 36. Humerus of Rana esculenta, male, seen from below.
с Anterior extremity.
ed Crista deltoidea.


Fig. 42. Pelvis of Rana esculenta, is left side, twice nat. size.
a Acetabulum.

 

Fig. 44. Femur of Rana esculenta, right side, twice nat. size.
a Anterior extremity.
p Posterior extremity.

 


Ecker A. The anatomy of the frog. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1889. archive.org

The work is cited in the following publications: LCF у шагающих животных: Обзор.


Johann Alexander Ecker (1816-1887) was a German anthropologist and anatomist, Professor of Anatomy in the University of Freiburg. wikipedia.org

 

Alexander Ecker (before 1887)
Unknown author; original in the wikimedia.org collection
(CC0 – Public Domain, no changes).


ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, animals, zoology, frog, amphibians


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