234 ARTICULATIONS. 



They are arranged precisely similar to the corresponding parts in the hand. 

 The expansion of the Extensor tendon supplies the place of a posterior ligament. 



Actions. The movements permitted in the metatarso-phalangeal articulations 

 are flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction. 



ARTICULATION OF THE PHALANGES. 



The ligaments of these articulations are similar to those found in the hand ; 

 each pair of phalanges being connected by an anterior or plantar and two lateral 

 ligaments, and their articular surfaces lined by synovial membrane. Their actions 

 are also similar. 



For further information on this subject, the Student is referred to Oruveilhier's " Anatomic 

 Descriptive ;" to Mr. Humphry's able work on the " Human Skeleton, including the Joints ;" 

 and to Arnold's " Tabulae Anatomies," Fascic. 4, Pars 2, " Icones articulorum et ligamentorum.'' 

 On the textures composing the Joints refer to Todd and Bowman's " Physiological Anatomy," 

 and KiJlliker's " Manual of Human Microscopic Anatomy." 



