Anatom3DFrenula capsulae
Frenula capsulae · Uzdičky kloubního pouzdra
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
Small folds of capsule and lining that run up along the neck of the thigh bone from the capsule's attachment toward the head.
What it does
Carry the small retinacular blood vessels that supply most of the femoral head.
Keeping it well
A displaced femoral neck fracture tears them and cuts the blood supply, so the head may die (avascular necrosis).
Related conditions
- Avascular necrosis (osteonecrosis)
- Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
- Developmental dysplasia of the hip
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Perthes disease
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Septic arthritis
- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder