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THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE LOWER LIMB 



Subcrureus muscle 



M. articularis genu 



The femur 



Femur 



Vastus interims muscle 

 M. vastus medialis 



The patella 

 Patella 



Capsular ligament 

 Capsula articularis 



Fatellar ligament, or infra- 



patellar tendon 



Lig. patellae 



Bursa beneath the suprapatellar 

 tendon 



Bursa suprapatellaris 



Distal epiphysial disc of the femur 



Synchondrosis epiphyseos 



Internal condyle 



Epicondylus medialis 



Inner head of the gastroc 



nemius muscle 

 Caput mediale musculi 



gastrocnemii 

 Internal lateral patellar 



ligament 

 Retinaculum patell9e 



mediale 



. Tendon of the semimem- 

 branosus muscle 



Internal lateral ligament 

 of the knee-joint 



Lig. collaterale tibiale 



Proximal epiphysial disc of the tibia 



Synchondrosis epiphyseos 



Tubercle of the tibia 



Tuberositas tibiae 



FIG. 468. ARTICULATJO GENU, THE KNEE-JOINT: CAPSULA ARTICULARIS, CAPSULAR LIGAMENT, 

 AND THE RELATIONS OF THE SUBCRUREUS MUSCLE TO THIS LIGAMENT; BURSA SUPRA- 

 PATELLARIS, THE BURSA BENEATH THE SUPRAPATELLAR TENDON. LlGAMENTUM COLLATERALE 



TIBI^,, INTERNAL LATERAL LIGAMENT OF THE KNEE-JOINT ; LIGAMENTUM PATELLAE ET 

 RETINACULUM PATELLAE MEDIALE, PATELLAR LIGAMENT, OR INFRAPATELLAR TENDON, AND 

 INTERNAL LATERAL PATELLAR LIGAMENT. RELATIONS OF THE EPIPHYSIAL Discs TO THE 

 ARTICULATION. 



The same preparation as that of Fig. 466, seen from within. 



Articulatio genu The knee-joint. 



