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fibula. Above, where it covers the Popliteus, it is thick and dense, and receives 

 an expansion from the tendon of the Semimembranosus; it is thinner in the middle 





Tendons of 



Peronae longus 



et brevis 



Fid. 438. Muscles of the back of the leg. 

 Superficial layer. 



FIG. 439. Muscles of the back of the leg. 

 Deep layer. 



of the leg; but below, where it covers the tendons passing behind the malleoli, 

 it is thickened and continuous with the laciniate ligament. 



The Popliteus is a thin, flat, triangular muscle, which forms the lower part of 



