ARTICULA TIONS. LIGAMENTS. 



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Xante the bones of the tarsus and indieate tltcir fanciful derivation. 



(i) Astragalus, the dice bone; (2) calcaneum, the heel bone; (3) scaphoid, 



Tendo Acliillis 



Extensor brevis 

 digitorum 



Extensor longus 

 halluoia 



Extensor brevis 

 digitorum 



Peroneus brevis 

 Peroneus tertius 



METATARSUS 



FIRST PHALANX 



SECOND PHALANX 

 THIRD PHALANX 



Extensor longus digitorum 



Fu;. 315. THE LEFT FOOT. (Dorsal surface.) 

 (Study origin and insertion of muscles on this figure and compare with your dissection.") 



resembling a boat; (4) cuboid, like a cube; (5) cuneiform, like a wedge. The 

 ancient shepherds threw dice. The bones they used were from the sheep, hence 

 our name, astragalus, or dice bone. 



