POSTERIOR PART OF LOWER EXTREMITY. 



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If you examine this fascia, you will find it attached internally to the tibia, ex- 

 ternally to the fibula, and above to the oblique line of the tibia. (Fig. 208.) 



Outer head of gastrocnemiue 



Inner head of gastrocuemius 



Biceps 



' Tendon of semi-metnbrauosus 



PeroneuB longus 1 



Flexor longus hallucis 



PopliteuB 



Tibialia postieus 



Plexor longus digitorum 



Peroneus brevis . 



Tibialis postieus 



. Tendo Aehillis 



FIG. 265. THE DEEP MUSCLES OF THE BACK OF THE LEG. 



It is quite thin, yet strong, and permits the posterior tibial vessels and nerves to 

 be seen through it. 



The Posterior Tibial Nerve (Fig. 266). It begins at the lower border of 



