ARTICULATIONS. LIGAMENTS. 





\anic tlii bones of the tarsus ami indicate tlicir fanciful dcrii-atiim. 



(i) Astragalus, the dice bone; (2) calcaneum, the heel bone; (3) scaphoid. 



Teudo Achilha 



Extensor brevlB 

 digitorum 



Extenior brevla 

 dlgltorum 



Feroneui breriB 

 Peroneua tcrtltia 



METATARSUS 



FIRST PHALANX 



SECOND PHALANX 

 THIRD PHALANX 



Extensor longua 

 halluolB 



1 Extensor longua digltorum 



FIG. 315. THE LEFT FOOT. (Dorsal surface.) 

 (Study origin and insertion of muscles on this figure and compare with your dissection.) 



resembling a boat ; (4) cuboid, like a cube ; (5) cuneiform, like a wedge. The 

 ancient shepherds threw dice. The bones they used were from the sheep, hence 

 our name, astragalus, or dice bone. 



