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different tarsal and metatarsal bones and these processes 

 hold together the bones, which, without these bands 

 would otherwise tend to become spread out when the 

 weight of the body is thrown on the foot in the upright 

 position; (4) the peroneus longus has an action similar 

 to the above, as far as the transverse arch is concerned, 

 since it assists in maintaining this arch by its traction on 

 the first metatarsal bone, while (5) the tibialis anticus, in- 



(Fig. 10.) 

 Diagram illustrating the effect of Muscular Action in throwing up the Arch. 



serted into the internal cuneiform, supports the astragalus, 

 since the astragalus rests on the scaphoid, and the sca- 

 phoid on the internal cuneiform. 



Diseases Tuberculosis of the tarsal bones may 

 arise on account of the large amount of cancellous tissue 

 that enters into their formation, and because of the trail- 



