POSTERIOR 1'ART <>/' LOWER EXTREMITY. 



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If you examine this fascia, you will timl it attached internally to the f/'/itti, ex- 

 ternally to the fibula, and above to the oblique line of the tibia. (1'ii;. 208.) 



Plnnnrr 



Outer head of gastrocuemlue ' 



I 

 Biceps ' 





" Inner head of Kaatrocnemlua 



' Tendon of semi-membranoauB 



FopliteuB 



TibialiB poetiouB 



Peroueus longua - 



Flexor lonjfus balluoia - 



PeroneuB brevis . 



* ^loxor longug dlffitorum 



Tlbialia posticua 



. Tendo Acbilha 



FIG. 265. THE DEKI- Mt CLM Ol THE BACK OF THE LEG. 



It is quite thin, yet strong, and permits the posterior tibial vessels and nerves to 

 bo seen through it. 



The Posterior Tibial Nerve ( Fig. 266). It begins at the lower border of 



