THE SKELETON OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY 



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Tubercle of the tibia Tuberositas tibiae 



'Anterior border of the proximal articular surface 



Margo infraglenoidalis 



Internal tuberoBity 

 Condylus medialis 



Inner tubercle of the spine of the tibia 



Tuberculum intercondyloideum mediale 



'Posterior intercondylar fossa , 

 Fossa intercondyloidea posterior 



'Anterior intercondylar fossa 

 /Fossa intercondyloidea anterior 



External tuberosity 

 Condylus lateralis 



Outer tubercle of the spine of the tibia 

 Tuberculum intercondyloideum laterale 



Popliteal notch 



Spine of the tibia 



Eminentia intercondyloidea 



FIG. 338.-FACIES ARTICULARIS SUPERIOR TIBI* THE PROXIMAL ARTICULAR SURFACE OF 



THE RIGHT TIBIA. 



Articular surface 



for the head of 



the fibula 



Facies articularis 

 fibularis 



Note to Fig 338. Anterior and Posterior Intercondylar Fossa. These terms are 

 used neither by Quain nor by Macalister. The latter speaks of the hollows in 

 question as depressions for the crucial ligaments. TR. 



Popliteal or oblique line 

 Linea poplitea 



Nutrient foramen 



Foramen nutricium " 



Posterior surface 

 Facies posterior 



External border, or 

 " interosseous ridge 

 Crista interossea 



Shaft or body of the 



tibia (external surface) 



Corpus tibiae 



(facies lateralis) 



External malleolus 



Malleolus lateralis; 



Articular surface of the 

 external malleolus 



Facies articularis malleoli 

 (lateralis) 



Fossa of the external 

 lateral ligament of the ankle 



Inferior (distal) articular 



surface of the tibia. 

 Facies articularis inferior 



tibiae 



Articular surface of 



the internal malleolus 



Facies articularis 



malleolaris 



Internal malleolus 



~ Malleolus medialis 



FIG. 339. THE DISTAL ARTICULAR SURFACES 

 OF THE BONES OF THE RlGHT LEG. 



Fibular groove 



Incisura fibularis 



FIG. 337. RIGHT TIBIA SEEN FROM THE OUTER SIDE. 



Ossa cruris Bones of the leg. 



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