Plate XXI.— Transverse Section of "Near'^ Knee.— i. Skin. 2. Subcutaneous fascia. 

 3. Tendon of extensor metacarpi obliquus. 4. Scaphoid. 5. Internal lateral ligament. 6. Scapho- 

 lunar interosseous ligament. 7. Metacarpal vein. 8. Small metacarpal artery, g. E.xternal plantar 

 nerve. (The nerve has just pierced the fibrous arch connecting the scaphoid and pisiform bone, and is 

 passing round to outer side.) 10. Posterior common ligament. II. Internal plantar nerve. 12. Internal 

 metacarpal vein. 12a. Fibrous arch. 13. Large metacarpal artery. 14. Tendon of flexor perforatus. 

 15. Small artery descending from supracarpal arch. 16. Tendon of fle.xor metacarpi e.\ternus. 

 17. Pisiform bone. iS. Tendon of flexor perforans. 19. Sheath of flexor tendons. 20. Interosseous 

 ligament between cuneiform and pisiform bones. 21. Ditto, between semilunar and cuneiform. 

 22. Cuneiform bone. 23. Tendon of extensor suffragnnis. 24. Tendon of extensor pedis. 25. Semilunar 

 bone. 26 and 27. Branches of interosseous artery of forearm. 28. Anterior common ligament. 

 29. Tendon of extensor metacarpi magnus. 30. Annular band of deep fascia. 



