44 LOCOMOTOR APPARATUS OF THE FOOT. 



of the suffraginis bone at about its centre. They sustain the 

 lower part of the perforans tendon like a sling. As the divisions 

 of the perforatus tendon in passing downwards, and of this 

 elastic ligament in passing upwards, diverge from one another, 

 they enclose an oval or diamond-shaped space, which is closed 

 from without by a thin membrane connected with the synovial 

 sheath of the perforans tendon. 



