THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE LOWER LIMB 



229 



External condyle 



Condylus lateralis 



External semihmar fibrocartilage 



Meniscus lateralis 



External lateral ligament of the 



knee-joint 

 Lig. collaterale fibulare 



Anterior superior tibiofibular 



ligament 

 Ligg. capituli fibulas 



The fibula 

 Fibula 



Interosseous membrane, or ligament, 

 of the leg 



Membrana interossea cruris 



The tibia 

 Tibia 



The femur 



Patellar surface 

 'Fades patellaris 



Posterior or internal crucial ligament 

 Lig. cruciatum posterius 



Anterior or external crucial ligament 

 Lig. cruciatum anterius 



Internal semiluuar fibrocartilago 

 Meniscus medialis 



Transverse ligament of the semilunai 



fibrocartilages 

 Lig. transversum genu 



Internal lateral ligament of the 



knee-joint 

 Lig. collaterale tibiale 



Patellar ligament, or infra- 



patellar tendon 



Lig. patellae 



Articular surface of the patella 

 Facies articularis patellae 



Suprapatellar tendon, or common 



tendon of the quadriceps extensor 



cruris muscle 



FIG. 467. ARTICULATIO GENU, THE KNEE-JOINT: LIGAMENTA COLLATERALS, LATERAL LIGA- 

 MENTS OF THE KNEE-JOINT; LIGAMENTA CRUCIATA, CRUCIAL LIGAMENTS; LIGAMENTUM 

 PATELUS, PATELLAR LIGAMENT, OR INFRAPATELLAR TENDON. ARTICULATIO TIBIOFIBULARIS. 

 SUPERIOR TIBIOFIBULAR ARTICULATION: LIGAMENTA CAPITULI FIBULA, ANTERIOR SUPERIOR 



IIBIOFIBULAR LlGAMENT. (THE RlGHT KNEE-JOINT SEEN FROM BEFORE AND WITHOUT.) 

 The capsular ligament has been removed from the front of the joint between the two lateral ligaments, 

 and the patellar ligament has been turned downwards. 



Articulatio genu The knee-joint. 



