.M1SCJ.KS of THE HIND LI.Mi:. 



10.") 



into the inner tide of the anterior 

 articular extremity of the axfra- 

 fthu and the fascia dwsafi* pe<li%. 



132. J/. 

 877,). 



(F 



s. 



genio-peroneo-calcanieii, 



Duges, 

 n. 158. 



This is a strong- muscle which is 

 attached by a long- tendon of origin 

 to the hinder extremity of the 

 femur and the ligaments of the 

 knee-joint. The tendon runs in a 

 sheath through the joint and pos- 

 teriorly becomes muscular; the 

 muscle passes downwards on the 

 outer side of the tibio-fibula to be 

 inserted into the mall win* externu* 

 of this bone and into the anterior 

 extremity of the cakanem. It has 

 an action similar to that of the 

 anti<:u*. 



III. MUSCLES OF THE FOOT. 

 A. J/r.s LES os THE PLASTAR SCR f Art-:. 



133. Apotteuroeis pludarl* 

 (Fig. 88 A*.). 



As already mentioned, the ten- 

 don of the in. f/axfroeiieiiiii<s is, at 

 the heel, continued into a strong 

 aponeurosis, and possesses at this 

 place a thickening \ The aponeu- 

 rosis is of triangular form, the 

 base directed towards the toes and 

 attached to these. The lateral 

 borders of this triangle are con- 

 tinued into weaker fasciae, which 

 are attached to the two long tarsal 

 bones. The inner border in par- 

 ticular gives a strong bundle of 



Fig. 87. 



Muscles of leg and f.x>t of liamt fsmknta, 

 seen from below. 



U 7o1 Y TV c esseene es ro 



1 />!. \H , p. 109. See also literature on cartilage.. Sect. VII. 



a.b.y M. abductor dig. V longus. 

 >'c M. extensor cruris brevis. 

 >'.'.l. i M. extensor digit I longus. 

 .</-4 M. extensor digit IV longus. 

 '.'i. 5 M. extensor digit V longus. 

 ft M. flexor tarsi anterior. 

 ft' M. flexor tarsi interior. 

 // M. gaatrocnemius. 

 l> M. peroneus. 

 t'l M. tibialis anticus. 

 '/' M. trice{>s fem..ris. 



Achillessehene des Frosches, Zeitsohs. f. 



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