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THE ARTICULATIONS, OR JOINTS 



The anterior fasciculus (ligamentum talofibulare anterius), the shortest of the 

 three, passes from the anterior margin of the external malleolus forward and 

 inward to the astragalus, in front of its external articular facet. 



n. 



ni. 



IV. 



INTERNAL 



INTEROSSEOUS 



LIGAMENT 



TARSO- 



METATARSAL 



ARTICULATIONS 



INTEROSSEOUS 

 LIGAMENT 



ASTRAGALO- 



SCAPHOID 



ARTICULATION 



DELTOID 

 LIGAMENT 



TENDON OF 

 TIBIALIS POSTICUS 



INTEROSSEOUS 

 LIGAMENTS 



INTERMETATARSAL 

 ARTICULATIONS 



INTEROSSEOUC 

 LIGAMENT 



CALCANEOSCAPHOIO 

 LIGAMENT 



CALCANEOCUBOID 

 ARTICULATION 



INTEROSSEOUS 

 LIGAMENT 



ASTRAGALOCALCANEAL 

 RTICULATION 



ANKLE-JOINT 



MIDDLE FASCICULUS 

 OF THE EXTERNAL 

 LATERAL LIGAMENT 



INFERIOR TIBIO- 

 FIBULAR ARTICULATION- 



FIG. 276. Joints of the right foot, from the back of the foot. (Spalteholz.) 



The posterior fasciculus (ligamentum talofibulare poster ius\ the most deeply 



seated, passes inward from the depression at the inner and back part of the 



external malleolus to a prominent tubercle on the posterior surface of the 

 astragalus. Its fibres are almost horizontal in direction. 



The middle fasciculus (ligamentum calcaneofibulare) (Figs. 276 and 277), the 



longest of the three, is a narrow, rounded cord passing from the apex of the 



