Ligaments of the Tarsus. 



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195. The Liaments of the Ankle- Joint and the 



al Bones, from the inner side. 



On the inner side of the capsule of the ankle-joint there is only 

 one lateral ligament : the internal lateral, Liyamentum latcralc, mternwn scu 

 (Mtoides, attached above to the internal malleolus, and below to the inner 

 surface of the astragalus and to the sustentaculum of the Os calcls. On 

 the inner side of the tarsus the following ligaments can be seen : bet- 

 ween astragalus and calcaneus the Liy. talo-calcaneum posticum ; between 

 astragalus and scaphoid the broad Liy. talo-scaphoideum ; between the 

 scaphoid and first and second cuneiform bones the Liyamcnta scapho-cunei- 

 formia dorsalia; between the cuneiform bones the Liyamenta cimciformia 

 dorsalia. In Fig. 196 the short Liyamcnta basium transvcrsalia dorsalia, 

 four in number, attached between the bases of the five metatarsal bones, 

 can be seen; the three similar plantar ligaments are seen in Fig. 197. 



