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THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE LOWER LIMB 



The femur 

 Femur 



Subcrureus muscle 

 M . articularis genu 



Buraa beneath the 

 suprapatellar tendon 



Bursa suprapatellans 



Vastus externus muscle 



M. vastus lateralis 



External lateral patellar ligament- 



Retinaculum patellae laterale 



Capsular ligament 

 Capsula articularis 



External lateral ligament 



of the knee-joint 

 Lig. collaterale nbulare 



Anterior superior 

 tibiofibular ligament 

 Ligg. capituli fibulae 



The fibula 

 Fibula 



Interosseous membrane, 

 or ligament, of the leg 



Membrana interossea 



Tendon of the rectus femoris muscle 

 Sehne des M. rectus femoris 



Vastus internus muscle 

 'M. vastus medialis 



The patella 



Patella 



Internal lateral patellar ligament 

 Retinaculum patellae mediale 



Internal lateral ligament 



of the knee-joint 

 Lig. collaterale tibiale 



Patellar ligament, or 



infrapatellar tendon 



Lig. patellae 



Tubercle of the tibia 

 Tuberositas tibiae 



FIG. 466. ARTICULATIO GENU, THE KNEE-JOINT: LIGAMENTUM PATELLA, PATELLAR LIGAMENT, 

 OR INFRAPATELLAR TENDON ; RETINACULA PATELLJE, LATERAL PATELLAR LIGAMENTS ; 



LlGAMENTA COLLATERALIA, LATERAL LIGAMENTS OF THE KNEE-JOINT. BURSA SUPRA- 

 PATELLARIS, THE BURSA BENEATH THE SUPRAPATELLAR TENDON; THE RELATION OF THE 

 UNUSUALLY LARGE SUBCRUREUS MUSCLE TO THE CAPSULE OF THE KNEE-JOINT. ARTICULATIO 

 TlBIOFIBULARIS, SUPERIOR TlBIOFIBULAR ARTICULATION : LlGAMENTA CAPITULI FlBUL^E, 



ANTERIOR SUPERIOR TIBIOFIBULAR LIGAMENT. (THE RIGHT KNEE-JOINT FROM BEFORE.) 



The synovial cavity has been injected with tallow. 



Articulatio genu The knee-joint. 



