122 



Hip-Joint. 



169. The Rig* lit I lip -Joint, Articulatio coxae, 



laid open. 



To tlie margin of the acetabulum a fibro- cartilaginous ring, Limbus 

 cart Hay incus acctaljuli fcotyloid ligament), is attached ; it bridges over the 

 Incisura acetabuli. The round ligament, Ligamentum tcrcs, is attached by 

 one extremity to the depression on the head of the femur, by the other 

 to the margins of the notch of the acetabulum. The fibrous capsule of 

 the hip-joint is shown in the figure cut open and folded backwards ; it 

 is seen that on the anterior surface the neck of the femur is entirely 

 surrounded by the capsule. 



