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varies greatly in strength in different subjects; occasionally only the synovial fold exists, and in rare cases even this is absent.

Function

The ligament becomes taut when the thigh is both flexed and either adducted or laterally/externally rotated. The ligament is usually too weak to actually function as a ligament past childhood; excessive movement at the hip joint is instead primarily limited by the three capsular ligament of the hip joint. Nevertheless, more recent research suggests

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