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PRACTICAL ANATOMY. 



THE TARSUS TARSAL ARTICULATIONS. 



Define the word tarsus, and name its homologne in the upper extremity. 



The word means instep ; its homologue is the carpus, which means wrist. 



POSTERO-IKFERIOR SURFACE OF THE 

 OALQMEUU 



Abductor minimi digit! 

 Abductor ossis metatarsi quiuti 



Accestjcrius (outer head) 



Flexor brevis hallucis 

 Abductor OBBIB metatarsi quinti 



Flexor brevis minimi digit! 



Adductor hallucis 

 Third plantar interoBseous 



Second plantar interoBseoua 

 First plantar interosacouB 



Flexor brevis minimi digiti 



Abductor brevis minimi 

 difiiti 



Third plantar 

 i liter osseous 



Second plantar 

 iuterosseous 



First plantar interosseous 



Flexor brevis digitorum 

 Flexor longus digitorum 



Abductor hallucia 

 Flexor brevis diRitorum 



Accessorius tinner head) 





TibialiB poeticus 



Tibialis anticus 

 Peroneus longua 



Abductor hallucis 

 Flexor breviu hallucit 



(inner portion) 

 Flexor brevis hallucis 



(outer portion) 

 Adductor hallucia 

 Tranaversus pedis 



Flexor longus hallucis 



KIG. 314. THE LEFT FOOT. (Plantar surface.) 

 (Study the insertion and location of tendons on this and compare your dissection therewith.) 



To what class do the tarsal hones belong? To what is their shape adapted f 

 They are classified as short bones ; their function is to combine great 

 strength with slight motion. 



