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PRACTICAL ANATOMY. 



Describe the location, length, and relations of the internal lateral ligament. 



It extends from the inner condyle to the tibia, being about three inches in 

 length. Its outer surface is related to the gracilis, the semimembranosus, and the 

 sartorius muscles ; its deep surface is in relation with the coronary ligament and 



Outer head of gastrocnemiua 



External lateral ligament : 

 anterior portion 



Posterior part of external 

 lateral ligament 

 Tendon of popliteua 



Tendon of biceps 



Posterior superior tibio- 

 fibular ligament 



Tendon of adductor magnus 



Inner head of 

 gastrocneroms 



LJ Tendon of semi-membra- 



nosus with its slip to 

 thicken the posterior liga- 

 ment 



Internal lateral ligament 



u;. 311. POSTHRIOR ViKw OK THE KNEE-JOINT. 



Ligamentum patellae 



Transverse ligament 



Anterior crucial y 



Internal semilunar fibro- si 



cartilage 



Posterior crucial 

 ligament 



Expansion from quadriceps 

 extensor tendon 



External aemilunar flbro- 

 cartilage 



-Tendon of biceps 

 External lateral ligament 



FIG. 312. STRUCTURES LYING ON THE HEAD OF THE TIBIA. (Right knee.) 



semilunar cartilage. This ligament is the divorced tendon of the adductor 

 magnus muscle. 



The external lateral ligament consists of /to-^' many farts f 



Of two an anterior and a posterior. (Fig. 311.) The anterior, the longer, 



