Muscles of the Leg. 



363 



408. Bursae and 

 sheaths of tendons 

 of the back of the 



right foot, injected; sheath 

 of tendons stained red. 



Vag^ina tendinis 

 m. tibialis antorio- 



ris (see also Fig. 406) 



begins somewhat 

 above the lig. trans- 

 versura cruris and 

 ends usually some- 

 what above the articu- 

 latio talonavicularis. 

 Yagiua tendinis 

 m.'extensoris hal- 

 lucis loug'i (see also 

 Kg. 406) begins as 

 the most deeply si- 

 tuated of the anterior 

 tendon sheaths, below 

 the lig. transversum 

 cruris and ends farth- 

 est forward in the 

 region of the articu- 

 latio tarsometatarsea 

 of the gi'oat toe, 

 distalward from the 

 strengthening band 

 situated there (see 

 p. 356); the distal 

 end often has the 

 appearance of being 

 pinched off. 



Vagina tendinum 

 m. extensoris digi- 

 torum pedis longi 

 (see also Fig. 409) 

 forms a sheath for 

 the tendons of the 

 m. extensor digitorum 

 longus and of the m. 

 peronaeus III; it be- 

 gins somewhat above 

 the preceding below 

 the lig. transversum 

 cruris and ends over 

 the middle of the os 

 cuneiforme III. 



Ligamentum 

 transversum cruris 



Bursa subcutaiiea. 

 malleoli lateralis 



Liganientum 



cruciatum 



cruris 



Vagina 



tendiuum 



111. extensoris 



digitorum 



longi 



Bursae inter- 

 metatarso- 

 phalangeae 



_ Bursa subcutanea 

 malleoli medialis 



Vagina tendinis 

 111. tibialis anterioris 



A'agina tendinis 

 m. extensoris 

 hallucis longi 



Strengthening 



band of the fascia 



dorsalis pedis 



(see p. 356) 



