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THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE LOWER LIMB 



Posterior or ascending band of 



the external semilunar fibro 



cartilage (Ellis), or ligament of 



Wrisberg (Macalister) 

 Lig. menisci lateralis (Robert!) 



External condyle 

 of the femur 



Condylus lateralis 

 femoris 



Anterior or external 



crucial ligament 



Lig. cruciatum 



anterius 



Anterior attachment of 



the external semilunar 



fibrocartilage 



Capsular ligament,. 



Capsula articularis 



Fatellar ligament, or 

 infrapatellar tendon 

 Lig. patellae 



The patella 



Patella 



Tendon of the 



quadriceps extensor 



cruris muscle 



Internal condyle of 



the femur 



Condylus medialis 



femoris 



Posterior or internal crucial 



ligament 

 Lig. cruciatum posterius 



Internal semilunar fibrocartilage 



" Meniscus medialis 



Bursa beneath the internal lateral 



ligament of the knee-joint 

 Bursa ligamenti collateralis tibialis 

 Internal lateral ligament of the knee-joint 

 Lig. collaterale tibiale 



The fibula 

 Fibula 



The tibia 

 Tibia " 



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FIG. 474. ARTICULATIO GENU, THE KNEE-JOINT : CRUCIAL LIGAMENTS AND LIGAMENT OF WRISBERG; 



BURSA BENEATH THE INTERNAL LATERAL LIGAMENT OF THE KNEE-JOINT. (THE RlGHT KNEE- 

 JOINT SEEN FROM THE INNER SlDE.) 



The capsule was removed, the patellar ligament and the internal lateral ligament were turned down- 

 wards : the femur was divided sagittally through the middle of the intercondylar fossa, and the 

 external condyle placed in the position it occupies during extension of the knee-joint, while the 

 internal condyle was turned backwards and rotated on its median axis to the extent of 180. 



Articulatio genu The knee-joint. 



