THE MUSCLES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY. 209 



in our present subject, being a broad, muscular sheet, 

 that covers or nearly conceals from view all the muscles 

 on the anterior aspect of the leg, and principally the 

 tibialis anticus. 



It arises from the raised cnemial crest in front of the 

 head of the tibia, and from the fascia that covers the 

 outer side of the knee-joint. The fibres, forming a closely- 

 fitting, muscular curtain eml)racing the frout of the 

 leg, pass downwards, then downwards and outwards to 

 terminate in a small tendon at about the lower third of 

 the tibia. This tendon bifurcates just above the tibial 

 condyles at the outer aspect of the limb. The shorter 

 and stronger fork of the bifurcation goes to the upper 

 end of the tihicd cartilage, to become attached to the 

 fibrous fascia covering it ; while the smaller slip passes 

 to the outer side of the hypotarsus of the tarso-meta- 

 tarsus, to meet the tendon of the Jiexoi' j^erforatus medius 

 2:>rimus pedis obliquely, and merge with it at the back 

 of that bone, about one centimetre below the hypotarsus. 



Langsehniger Sohlenmuskel. Meckel, Archiv, p. 273, No. 4. 



Moyen peronier. Arvier, p. 542. 



Peroneus medius. Owen, Comp. Anat., ii. p. 108. 



Soleus et peroneus longus. Gurlt, p. 30. 



Feroneus longus. Owen, Cyclopctalia, p. 297 ; Apteryx, p. 296. 



,, ,, Quennerstiidt, p. 36. 



,, ,, ISTeander, p. 21. 



De Man, p. 134, No. 24. 

 Watson, p. 123. 

 Peroneus longus s. communicans. Nitzsch, in Giebel's Zeitsclirift, 



X., 1857, p. 24 u. 240. 

 Long 2)ero7iier. Gervais et Alix, p. 34 ; Alix, p. 450. 

 M. pieroneus superjicialis. Gadow, No. 29." 



Note. — I question whether the peronexis medius of Owen (Comj). 

 Anat., ii. p. 108) is the present muscle as is qvioted in the above 

 synonymy ; but am inclined to think that the j^^foneus longus of the 

 same author, on p. 107 of the same woik, may more properly be 

 considered so. — E.. W. S. 



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