Foundational Model of Anatomy

Last uploaded: May 13, 2019
Preferred Name

Iliofemoral ligament

Synonyms

Bertin's ligament

Bigelow's ligament

Definitions

Ligament of hip joint, each instance of which is an inverted Y-shaped band that covers anterior and superior portions of some hip joint; it arises by its apex from lower part of some anterior inferior iliac spine and is inserted by its base into some intertrochanteric line of the femur.

ID

http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma42993

definition

Ligament of hip joint, each instance of which is an inverted Y-shaped band that covers anterior and superior portions of some hip joint; it arises by its apex from lower part of some anterior inferior iliac spine and is inserted by its base into some intertrochanteric line of the femur.

FMAID

42993

label

Iliofemoral ligament

non-English equivalent

Ligament ilio-fémoral

Ligamentum iliofemorale

preferred name

Iliofemoral ligament

prefixIRI

fma:fma42993

synonym

Bertin's ligament

Bigelow's ligament

subClassOf

http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma42868

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