mi: 



inscrti-d, ul'tiT gliding over tho convexity; 3, Posteriorly, tlio foesa of tin- 

 (i-oi-liitnti v, cr <l< i/ltcd fossa, a deep cavity studded with imprints ami 

 ouonmaoribed, outwardly, by salient lip which detoenda vertically from the 

 sunnuit of tho trochuuter to the posterior face of tho bone, where it 

 gradually sulisides. 



The ////'. (/"/ >. i-/ rnn lii/ is flattened on both sides ; consequently, its larger 

 axis crosses at a right angle that of the upper extremity. It is distinguished 



ri,-. 81. 



Fig. 62. 



I.I.I 1 KKMl'lt; l-OSTKKIOR VIEW. 

 I, Hi-ail ; '_', <iiv.it trochnntt-r ; :>, Third, or 

 trochanter minor cxternus; 4, L. 

 intiTiial trochantor; 5, Fossa for iiiM-rtion 

 of ligamentum 1'rochanterinn 



fossa; 7, 8, Tuberositiea ; 9, Fossa for tho 

 insertion of the external meniscus; 10, 

 SuprajonJyloid fossa; 11, 



l.i.l i i i MI u ; AN l i.i:i.ii: \n.\\. 

 1. II 'I'rm-haiitcr major, with 't> 



: ;'. Troi-ii.iiitiT miuor fXtcnm.s, suli- 

 :iti-i-i.iii i-n->t. or tliinl trochanti-r ; 

 r. or inti-rnal tro. hauler; ~>. Not-ii 

 for insertion of ligamentom It-res; 7, s, 

 Tulierositiivs for tendinous and ligamentous 

 "ii ; 'J, Trochlea. 



by tho presence <>t'//r,. <-i,/i,//,/,x and n tnx-lilca. The t>r<> , placed ono 



le, tho other behind, currespond to the; Kuperim- extiemity of tin- tibia. 



. are separated by a deep depression designated the lnt> mmdyloid foem, 



whifh lodges tho spine of tho tibia and tho interosscous ligament^ of the 



femoro-tibial art i< illation. Tho external condyle bears outwardly two fossw: 



"n superior, for ligamentous insertion; tho other, inferior, for muscular 



ii 2 



