Fragments from the article Sutton JB. Ligaments: Their Nature and Morphology (1884). The author discovered that in the ostrich the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) was not continuous with the ambiens muscle, but with a muscular slip which ran parallel with the-muscle, and ended in the adductor mass. This publication develops the theme of article 1883SuttonJB.
Quote pp. 228-229
I must now pass
on to consider certain ligaments of the appendicular skeleton, commencing with
some additional remarks on the ligamentum teres.
The Journal of
Anatomy and Physiology, vol. xvii January 1883, contains a short article on the
ligamentum teres, in which I have endeavoured to point out that many ligaments
are the tender of muscles which were originally in relation with the joint; but
the parent muscle has either formed new attachments or become obsolete, whilst
the tendon remains as a passive element in the articulation. In addition to the
ligamentum teres the following structures must be placed in that category viz.:
- the internal and external lateral ligaments of the knee-joints, the long and
short plantar ligaments, and the interosseous membrane of the fore-arm and leg.
Since writing the
article on the ligamentum teres, I have had an opportunity of dissecting a very
young ostrich, in which the continuity of muscle and tendon does not admit of
the slightest doubt (fig. 3). But the arrangement of the muscles differed
somewhat from the condition found in the alder bird. The ligament itself was
not continuous with the ambiens, but with a muscular slip which ran parallel
with the-muscle, and ended in the adductor mass (fig. 3). This may possibly
represent the inner slip of the pectineus of mammals, and is to be regarded as
an anomaly inasmuch as it was separate from the ambiens muscle.
Quote p. 237
Ligamentum teres.
– Represents tendon of the pectineus muscle.
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| Fig. 3. The left femur of a very young ostrich (natural size), showing the continuity of the ligamentum teres with muscle. A. The place where the ligament is attached to the acetabulum. |
External links
Sutton JB. The nature of certain
ligaments. J Anat Physiol.
1884;18(3)225-238. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Authors & Affiliations
John Bland Sutton or John Bland-Sutton (1855-1936), was a British surgeon [wikipedia.org]. In 1881 became a prosector at the Regent’s Park Zoological Gardens. In 1896, Bland-Sutton was appointed Surgeon to the Chelsea Hospital for Women. In 1905, he became Surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital (Burke PF. Sir John Bland-Sutton: ‘A Great Surgeon’, Surgical News, 2021;22(4)48-49. issuu.com).
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| Sir John Bland-Sutton Bain News Service (publisher), unknown date; original in the wikimedia.org collection (CC0 – Public Domain, no changes). |
Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, animals, Struthio, evolution
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