CHAPTER IX. 



Tab. XVI. — the tendons of the toes. 



Fig. 1. a, the tendon of the long Jlexor of the toes, which 

 divides about the middle of the foot into four portions, pass- 

 ing through the sUts in, b, the short Jlexor tendons. Fig. 2. ex- 

 plains a similar contrivance belonging to each finger : a, a 

 tendon of the Jlexor suhlimis ; b, a tendon of the Jlexor profun- 

 dus, passing through it. 



Fig. 3. a, b, tendons of the extensor muscles of the toes ; c, 

 a tendon of a flexor of the foot. These are bound down and 

 retained in situ by, e, the annular ligament of the instep, 

 which consists of two distinct cross bands, going from the 

 outer ankle to the inner ankle and neighbouring bones. 



