THE POSTERIOR TIBIOFIBULAR REGION 



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The deep transverse fascia of the leg is a transversely placed, intermuscular 

 septum, between the superficial and deep muscles in the posterior tibiofibular 



Femur. , 



', Oi Calci. 



Tendons of 



FPERONEUS LONGU8 

 HI'I BREVIS. 



FIG. 396. Muscles of the back of the right leg. 

 Superficial layer. . 



FIG. 397. Muscles of the back of the 

 right leg. Deep layer. 



region. On either side it is connected to the margins of the tibia and fibula. 

 Above, where it covers the Popliteus, it is thick and dense, and receives an expan- 

 sion from the tendon of the Semimembranosus; it is thinner in the middle of the 



