Pubofemoral ligament

Pubofemoral ligament
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^{[citation needed]}) 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.^[1]

The ligament resists hyper-abduction of the hip joint.^{[citation needed]}

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 335 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

1. 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