THE FEMUR 



As given by Spalteholtz the names of tarsal bones are: 



Talus | 



Calcaneus j 



(os calcis) 



ist row 



Os cuboideum 

 Os naviculare pedis 

 Os cuneiforme I 

 Os cuneiforme II 

 Os cuneiforme III 



THE THIGH 



Femur. The largest bone in the body. 



Its upper extremity presents a nearly spherical head joined 

 by a neck to the shaft, and resting in the acetabulum. At the 



FIG. 59. THE FEMUR, LEFT POS- 

 TERIOR ASPECT. 



1,1, Linea aspera; 2, 2, 3, divisions 

 of linea aspera; 4, 4, divisions of linea 

 aspera; 5, 6, head, and mark for liga- 

 mentum teres; 7, neck; 8, 9, trochanter 

 major; 10, trochanter minor; n, 12, lat- 

 eral and medial condyles; 13, intercon- 

 dyloid notch; 14, 15, lateral and medial 

 epicondyles. (Sappey.) 



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FIG. 60. LEFT TIBIA AND FIBULA, 

 ANTERIOR ASPECT. 



i, Shaft or body of tibia; 2, 3, me- 

 dial and lateral condyles; 4, spine or 

 intercondyloid eminence; 5, tubercle of 

 tibia; 6, crest or shin; 7, 8, lower ex- 

 tremity, and medial malleolus; 9, shaft 

 or body of fibula; 10, upper extremity 

 or head of fibula; n, lower extremity 

 and lateral malleolus. (Sappey.) 



