| Pubofemoral ligament | |
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 Right hip-joint from the front. (Pubocapsular ligament visible at center right.) | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | ligamentum pubofemorale |
| TA98 | A03.6.07.007 |
| TA2 | 1879 |
| FMA | 43024 |
| Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata] | |
The pubofemoral ligament (or pubocapsular ligament) is a ligament which reinforces the inferior and anterior portions of the joint capsule of the hip joint. The ligament attaches superiorly at the superior ramus of pubis, and the iliopubic eminence; it attaches inferiorly at the inferior portion of the intertrochanteric line (here blending with the inferior band of iliofemoral ligament). The psoas bursa intervenes between the ligament and joint capsule.
The ligament resists hyper-abduction of the hip joint.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 335 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- Palastanga, Nigel; Soames, Roger (2012). Anatomy and Human Movement: Structure and Function. Physiotherapy Essentials (6th ed.). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-7020-3553-1.
External links
- lljoints at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (hipjointanterior)
- hip/hip%20ligaments/ligaments5 at the Dartmouth Medical School's Department of Anatomy
| Joints and ligaments of the human leg | |||||
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| Hip | |||||
| Knee |
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| Tibiofibular |
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| Foot | |||||
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