THE AXriCULJTWN*) 0^ THE LOWER LIMB 



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Cotyloid ligament Labrum glenoidale 



Head of the femur 



Epipbyaial disc Synchondrosis epiphyseos 

 Zona orbicularis Zona orbicularis 



Digital fossa 

 Fossa trochantenca 



gpiphysis of the great -V/SS 



4- AA 1.n_l.~_ ffV-l^t, 



fflKi 







Hip-bone 



Fossa of the interarticular ligament 



Fovea capitis femoris 



Fad of fat in the fossa of tSft acotauulum 



Interarticular or round ligament 



Lig. teres femoris 



Cotyloid notch 

 -Incisura acetabuli 



Transverse ligament of the acetabulum 

 Lig. transversum acetabuli 



Tuberosity of the ischnun 



Tuber ischiadicum 



Epiphysis of the small trochanter 



..Shaft of the femur 

 Corpus femoris 



FIG. 461. ARTICULATIO COX/E, THE HIP-JOINT: CAPSULA ARTICULARIS, CAPSULAR LIGAMENT; 

 ZONA OKBICULARIS, THE CIRCULARLY DISPOSED FIBRES OF THE CAPSULAR LIGAMENT, 

 FORMING A BAND ROUND THE NECK OF THE FEMUR, WHICH is MOST DISTINCT BEHIND AND 

 BELOW. RELATION OF THE EPIPHYSIAL Disc OF THE HEAD OF THE FEMUR TO THE HIP- 

 JOINT. (THE RIGHT HIP-JOINT IN FRONTAL 'SECTION ; ANTERIOR SURFACE OF POSTERIOR 

 SEGMENT.) 



The section passes through the middle of the cotyioid notch and of the fossa of the interarticular ligament. 



Articulatio coxae The hip-joint. 



