THE ARTICULAllUNli Of i'tit. LOWER LIMB 



Iliolumbar ligament 



Lig. iliolumbale Fifth lumbar vertebra 



Vertebra lumbalis V. 



Capsular ligament 



Capsula articularis "I Synovial portion 



Anterior saorp-iliac ligament .._-,- 



sacro-iliaca anteriora 



Anterior inferior iliac spine 



Spina iliaca anterior inferior 



Facies lunata 



[Fibrous portion 

 I Pars fibrosa 

 " 



Pars synovialis 

 Zona orbicularis 



Vreat trochanter 

 Mrochanter major 



Fubofemoral ligament 



pubocapsulare 



'Zona orbicularis Zona orbicularis 



Zona orbicular! s 



Cotyloid ligament 



Labrum glenoidale 



Fossa of the acetabulum 



Interarticular or round ligament 

 Lig. teres femoris 



Cotyloid notch Incisura acetabali 



Obturator canal Canalis obturatorius 



Pubic ligament of Astley Cooper, or 



Cooper's ligament 

 : Spine of the pubis 



Tuberculum pubicum 



Iliofemoral ligament, 



of Bigelow 



Lig. iliofemorale 



1 Synovial membrane covering the neck of the femur 

 Small trochanter 



Trochanter minor 



FIG. 462. ARTICULATIO COX^E, THE HIP-JOINT; LIGAMENTUM TERES FEMORIS, INTERARTICULAR 

 OR ROUND LIGAMENT OF THE Hip-JoiNT 1 ; LABRUM GLENOIDALE, COTYLOID LIGAMENT; 

 CAPSULA ARTICULARIS, CAPSULAR LIGAMENT OF THE HIP-JOINT; REFLECTION OF THE 

 SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE OF THE Hip-ToiNT FROM THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CAPSULAK 

 LIGAMENT ON TO THE NECK OF THE FEMUR; ZONA ORBICULARIS, CIRCULAR BAND OF THE 

 CAPSULAR LIGAMENT ROUND THE NECK OF THE FEMUR. 2 (THE RIGHT HIP-JOINT SEEN 

 FROM BEFORE.) 



The anterior wall of the capsular ligament has been removed, except for a narrow band at its distal 

 attachment, which has been turned outwards. The head of the femur lias been slightly withdrawn 

 from its socket in a downward and outward direction. 



1 Perhaps most frequently known in England by its Latin name, ligamentum tens. 



2 Also frequently known in England by its Latin name, zonu orbicularis. 



*\rticuiatio coxae The hip-joim. 



