HIP JOINT 



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Ligamtntum Ilio-femorale. The ilio- fern oral ligament is 

 placed over the front of the articulation, and constitutes the 

 thickest and most powerful part of the capsule. Proximally 

 it is attached to the anterior inferior spine of the ilium and 

 to the depressed surface immediately lateral to that spine. 



V. circumflexa ilium superficialis Fascia cribrose 



V. saphena magna 

 Subinguinal lymph gland ' 

 V. epigastrica superficialis 



Pectineal part of fascia lata 

 N. obturatorius ramus anterior I 



N. obturatorius ramus posterior | | 

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V. feinoralis 



Margo falciformis 

 A. femoralis 

 Iliac fascia 

 | N. femoralis 

 | | Psoas bursa 

 | | | Iliac part of fascia lata 

 | M. rectus femoris 



Tractus ilio- 

 tibialis 

 Capsula articular's 



Mm. biceps femoris et semitendinosus 



Trochanter major 

 M. semimembranosus . Collum femoris 



A. circumflexa femoris medialis on M. ' Capsula articularis 



obdurator externus I N. cutaneus femoris posterior 

 N. ischiadiacus (peroneal and tibial parts) 



FIG. 141. Dissection of an oblique transverse Section through upper part of 

 Thigh showing the relation of the Fascia to the Muscles. 



Distally it is attached to the intertrochanteric line of the 

 femur. At its upper or iliac end it is a single mass of 

 fibres, but as it passes distally, it divides into a lateral and 

 a ma&z/band (Fig. 140). 



The lateral and shorter band is implanted into the upper 

 part of the intertrochanteric line and to the adjacent part of 

 the greater trochanter. It is sometimes called the ilio- 

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