THE MUSCLES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY. 245 



From this extensive origin, this hirge and fusiform 

 muscle, covering the fibular region, terminates at the 

 lower third of the leg in a strong and somewhat 

 flattened tendon. This passes obliquely and very super- 

 ficially through the tibial cartilage from without 

 inwards to the hypotarsus, where it passes through the 

 interno-posterior canal, then accompanies the other 

 tendons at the back of the metatarsus, to deviate and go 

 to the second joint of the middle toe, having perforated 

 the tendon of the basal phalanx en jKissant. Its method 

 of attachment to this prebasal joint is precisely the 

 same as for the corresponding tendons of the other 

 podal digits described above. 



121. The flexor j^^^'^lforatus indicis jjrimus 2)<^dis^ 



1 This is the Jlexor per/oralus digiti II. of Prof. Gadow's nomen- 

 clature, and he gives the following synonymy for it (foe. e?7., p. 187): — 



"51a. M. FLEXOR PERFORATUS DIGITI II. 



Le Jlechisseur du doigt interne. Vicq d'Azyr, p. 289, No. 3. 

 Flechisseur commun (ou perfore) (pt.). Yicq d'Azyr (1) ; Cuvier, 



558. 

 Flexor profundus phalangis I. digiti interni. Wiedemann, p. 105. 



,, ,, ,, ., ,, „ Tiedemann, § 313. 



„ „ „ ., „ De Man, p. 133, No. 



21. 

 Einer der Spulmuskeln (1). Meckel, System, pp. 382-386, No. 2. 

 Flexor conmiunis quattuor digitoruni s. suhlimis (pt.). d' Alton, p. 37. 

 Flexor digiti secundi et tertii brevior (pt.). Gurlt, p. 31. 

 Flexor perforatus (pt.). Reid, p. 144. 

 Flexor perforatus s. lotigus digitorum (pt.). Owen. 

 Flechisseur per/ore, couche p/rofonde (pt.). Gervais et Alix, p. 36. 

 Flechisseur de la deuxihne phalange dudeuxihne doigt. Alix, p. 460. 

 Flexor digitorum suhlimis. Quennerstedt, p. 42. 



,, ,, ,, Neander, p. 25. 



M. perforatus digiti II. Gadow, No. 36. 

 Flexor pjerforatus digiti interni. Watson, p. 120." 



Gadow seems to have set to work at his analysis of the muscula- 



