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Joints of the Lower Extremity. 



Spina iliaca 



anterior inferior 



Fovea capitis femoris 

 Caput femoris 



Liganientum teres 

 femoris 



Ligamentum 

 transversum acetabuli 



Earn us superior 

 ossis pubis 



j Spina ischiadica 



Tuber 

 ischiadicnm 



Facies symphyseos 



Corpus femoris 



251. Right hip joint, articulatio coxae, 



from the medial side. 



(The bottom of the acetabulum has been chiselled away sufficiently to make the head of the 



femur visible.) 



Articulatio coxae (continued) (see also Fig. 252). Hidden inside it is the 

 ligamentum teres femoris. This flatly rounded ligament arises by a broad origin in the 

 neighborhood of the incisura acetabuli and from the ligamentum transversum acetabuli, 

 becomes narrow above and is attached in the fovea capitis femoris. It lies in the 

 fossa acetabuli between its floor and the medial inferior surface of the head of the 

 femur so that the posterior margin of the ligament, when the body is upright, is ap- 

 proximately vertical in direction. The ligamentum teres is covered over by the stratum 

 synoviale of the capsula articularis. 



