THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE LOWER LIMB 



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The femur. 



Femur 



Subcrureus muscle 

 M. articularis genu 



Plantaris muscle 

 M. plantaris 



Outer head of the 



gastrocnemius 



muscle 



Caput laterale 



musculi 

 gastrocnemius 



External condyle of 



the femur 



Condylus lateralis 



femoris 



External lateral ligament 

 of the knee-joint 



Lig. collaterals filmlare 



Short external lateral 



(Quain), or direct portion of 



posterior external lateral 



ligament (Macallster) (i) 



Popliteus muscle (2) " 



Tendon of the biceps flexor 



cruris muscle 



Anterior superior tibiofibular liga 

 ment Ligg. capituli fibulae 



Proximal epiphysial discs of "1 



the tibia and the fibula 

 Synchondrosis epiphyseos J 



The fibula 



Fibula 



Interosseous membrane, or ligament, of 

 the leg Membranainterossea cruris 



c p s ~- Quadriceps extensor 

 cruris muscle 



Bursa beneath the supra- 



patellar tendon 

 Bursa suprapatellaris 



Capsular ligament 



i External latera. patellar 



ligament 



I Retinaculum patellae 

 laterale 



The patella 

 Patella 



Fatellar ligament, or 

 infrapatellar tendon 

 Lig. patellae 



Bursa beneath the patellar ligament 

 Bursa infrapatellaris profunda 



(i) Retinaculum ligament! arcuati 



The tibia 



Tibia 



(?) M. popliteus 



FIG. 469. ARTICULATIO GENU, THE KNEE-JOINT: CAPSULA ARTICULARIS, CAPSULAR LIGAMENT; 

 BURSA SUPRAPATELLARIS, AND THE RELATIONS OF THE QUADRICEPS EXTENSOR CRURIS MUSCLE 

 TO THE SAME. LIGAMENTUM COLLATERALS FIBULARE, EXTERNAL LATERAL LIGAMENT OF THE 

 KNEE-JOINT. LIGAMENTUM PATELLA ET RETINACULUM PATELLAE LATERALE, PATELLAR LIGA- 

 MENT, OR INFRAPATELLAR TENDON, AND EXTERNAL LATERAL PATELLAR LIGAMENT; THE 

 RELATIONS OF THE LATTER TO THE PLANTARIS MUSCLE AND TO THE OUTER HEAD OF THE 

 GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE. BURSA INFRAPATELLARIS PROFUNDA, BURSA BENEATH THE PATELLAR 

 LIGAMENT. ARTICULATIO TIBIOFIBULARIS, SUPERIOR TIBIOFIBULAR ARTICULATION. LIGAMENTA 

 CAPITULI FIBULA, ANTERIOR SUPERIOR TIBIOFIBULAR LIGAMENT. RELATIONS OF THE 

 EPIPHYSIAL Discs TO BOTH THE JOINTS. 



The same preparation as that of Figs. 466 and 468, seen from the outer side. The synovial cavity of 

 the knee-joint has been opened behind the external lateral ligament of the knee-joint, and the 

 bursa beneath the patellar ligament has also been opened. 



Articulatio genu The knee-joint. 



