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THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE LOWER LIMb 



Inferior ramus of the ischiu*n 



Ramus inferior ossis ischii 

 Obturator membrane, or ligament 

 Membrana obturatoria 



Thin portion of the capsule between the pubofemoral 

 and the ischiocapsular ligament 



Zona orbicularis 



Zona orbicularis 



Inferior or descending ramus of the pubis . 



Ramus inferior ossis pubis 



Obturator canal 



Cahalis obturatorius 



Spine of the pubis 



Tuberculum pubicum 



Pubofemoral ligament , 



Lig. pnbocapsulare 



Iliopectineal eminence 



Eminentia iliopectinea 



Thin portion of the capsule between the pubo- 



femoral and the iliofemoral ligament 



Tuberosity of the ischium 



Tuber ischiadicum 



Ischiocapsula'- ligament 



Lig. ischiocapsulare 

 Thin portion of the capsule 

 between the ischiocapsular and 

 the iliofemoral ligament 



Zona orbicularis 



Zona orbicularis 



Great troehanter 



Trochanter major 



Distal attachment of the iliofemoral ligament 



N - Posterior intertrochan- 

 teric ridge or line 



Crista intertrochanterica 





\Neck of the femur 

 Collum femoris 



\ Thin portion of the capsule external 

 to the zona orbicularis 



V'mall troehanter 

 Trochanter minor 



FIG. 464. ARTICULATIO COX/E. THE HlP-JoiNT: CAPSULA ARTICULARIS, THE CAPSULAR LlGA- 



MENT; ZONA ORBICULARIS (fee p. 223), AND ITS RELATIONS TO THE PUBOFEMORAL AND 

 ISCHIOCAPSULAR LIGAMENTS. MEMBRANA OBTURATORIA ET CANALIS OBTURATORIUS, 

 OBTURATOR MEMBRANE OR LIGAMENT AND OBTURATOR CANAL. (THE POSTERO-INTERNAL 

 SIDE OF THE RIGHT HIP-JOINT SEEN FROM BELOW.) 



The articular cavity has been injected with tallow. 



Articulatio coxae The hip-joint. 



