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PRACTICAL ANATOMY. 



Describe tlic location, length, and relations of tlic infernal la feral ligament. 



It extends from the inner condyle to the tibia, being about three inches in 

 length. Its outer surface is related to the gracilis, the semimembranosus, and the 

 sartorius muscles ; its deep surface is in relation with the coronary ligament and 



Flantaris 

 Outer head of gastrocnemius 



External lateral ligament: 

 anterior portion 



Posterior part of external 

 lateral ligament 

 Tendon of popliteus 



Tendon of biceps 



Posterior superior tibio- 

 nbular ligament 



Tendon of adductor magnus 



Inner head of 



gastrociiemius 



Tendon of semi-membra- 

 noauB with its slip to 

 thicken the posterior liga- 

 ment 



Internal lateral ligament 



Kit;. 311. POSTERIOR VIEW OK THE KNEE-JOINT. 



Ligamentum patellae 



Transverse ligament 



Anterior crucial 



Internal semilunar flbro- 

 cartilage 



Posterior crucial 

 ligament 



Expansion from quadriceps 

 extensor tendon 



t~ External semilunar flbro- 

 \ \ cartilage 



Tendon of biceps 

 External lateral ligament 



In.. 312. STRUCTURES I.YIM; ON mi Hi \i> <>! IHI TMIIA. (Right knee.) 



semilunar cartilage. This ligament is the divorced Undon of the adductor 

 magnus muscle. 



/'lie external lateral ligament Consists of hoi,' many parts / 



Of two an anterior and a posterior. (I'"ig. 31 I.) The anterior, the longer. 



