Bones of the Lower Extremity. 



125 



BminentioL 

 intercondyloidea. 



172. The Bones of 



the Right Leg, Shin 



Bone, Tibia, and 



Peroneal Bone, 



Fibula, 



from behind. 



Shin Bone, Tibia. The 

 shaft has at the upper part 

 of its posterior border the o b- 

 1 i q u e line or Linea poplitea 

 near the lower end of this 

 line is a large nutritive fora- 

 men. The posterior portion of 

 the external condyle has 

 laterally an articular facet for 

 the head of the fibula. At the 

 lower extremity there is 

 opposite the internal m a 1- 

 1 e o 1 u s a depression, Incisura 

 peronea, for the fibula. 



The tibia articulates with 

 three bones : the femur, the fibula 

 and the astragalus; the fibula 

 only with two bones: the tibia 

 and the astragalus. 



For. 



Artie, surf. 

 1 * t. fibula 



Muscle Jurrows 



