THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE LOWER LIMB 



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The ilium 



Cotyloid ligament 



Labrum glenoidale 



Horseshoe-shaped articular 

 surface of the acetabulnm 



Tuberosity of the ischium 



Tuber ischiadicum 



Anterior superior spine of the ilium 

 Spina iliaca anterior superior 



Iliopectineal eminence 

 Eminentia iliopectinea 



The pubis 



Fossa acetabuli 



Transverse ligament of the acetabulum 



Lig. transversum acetabuli 

 Cotyloid notch 

 Incisura acetabuli 



Interarticular or round ligament 

 Lig. teres femoris 



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The ischium 



FIG. 463. ARTICULATIO COX.E, THE HIP-JOINT : THE ACETABULUM ; LABRUM GLENOIDALE ET 

 LlGAMENTUM TRANSVERSUM ACETABULI, THE COTYLOID LIGAMENT AND THE TRANSVERSE 

 LIGAMENT OF THE ACETABULUM. LIGAMENTUM TERES FEMORIS, THE INTERARTICULAR OR 

 ROUND LIGAMENT. (VIEW OF THE INTERIOR OF THE SOCKET OF THE RIGHT HIP-JOINT.) 



The interarticular or round ligament has been divided close to its attachment to the head of the femur. 



Articulatio coxae The hip-joint. 



