Jill 1 I 01 III] LOW] 



empties into the femoral vein, which is situated in th, 

 saphenous opening) is the external or subcutai 

 femoral canal. For a more detailed description the n 

 atlases 01 I natomj 



THE FASCIA OF THE LEG. FASCIA CRURIS. 



™ e /««*» "*ri ;ig and 320) envelops th, the leg, bui 



over the inner surface of the tibia; it is rhi, 



adherent to the exten the peronei, and the l 



gives ofl the anterior intermu . tV hich pas 



peronn to the anterior border of the fibula, and th, 

 which p between the peronei and the flex the • 



and its upper and inner portion is adherent to the pes anserinus 



itonar aspect of the leg it divides int. 1 and 



mg the triceps sura3, the latter the de, of flexors; the trice, 



tendo Achilla, are consequently completely invested by this .. In . 



described retmacula se, pag, 230) the I Qy reini 



crural ligament, which is composed of transver iculi 1,. from ti 



the ankle, [t is situated to the proximal . ligam 



becomes , ontinuous. 



THE FASCLE OF THE FOOT. 

 While the dorsal fascia of th< fool Fig. 3 2o)isan, linglythinlaver,tl 



• 3°9 is the thickest portion of the entin the leg. In the middle , 



of a very thick aponeurotic layer, composed chiefly of udinal 



s obliquely toward the lateral margins of the foot. Theproximal, 



from tlie inner and outer tubercles of die calcaneus and is closelv adhc 



oi the loot which take their origins from the sam, 



the broader distal portion. The aponeuro gether with the 



plantar eminences internal, middle, and external; - 



much weaker than the central portion, and the thickest part of the L 



the origin oi the abductor digiti V. Numerous slender fasciculi p 



the aponeurosis to the skin, and toward the toes the ap, 



mg to the lour outer toes, which are bound together by trans 



I pon the toes the aponeur actually disappears in the 1 



Both the fascia lata and the fascia cruris, like the i 



to vessels and nerves. 



THE MOST IMPORTANT BVRSJE OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY. 



1. The subcutaneous trochanteric bursa, the chief burs 



2. The trochanteric bursa 0} the gluteus m 1 



3. The gluUojemoral bursa set [2, Fig. 295 



