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Shaft (diaphysis) of the tibia 

 Diaphysis tibiae 



Epiphysial disc 



Synchondrosis epiphyseos' 



The ankle-joint 



Articulatio talocruralis- 



Internal malleolus 

 Malleolus medialis 



Body of the astragalus 

 Trochlea tali 



Caloaneotiblal portion of the internal lateral, 

 or deltoid, ligament of the ankle-joint 



Lig. calcaneotibiale 



Interosseous astragalocalcaneal ligament 

 Lig. talocalcaneum interosseum 



Sustentaculum tal' 

 Sustentaculum tali 



Astragalocalcaneal articulation 



Articulatio talocalcanea 



Interosseous membrane, or ligament, 

 of the leg 



Membrana interossea cruris 



Shaft (diaphysis) of the fibula 

 Diaphysis fibulae 



The inferior tibiofibular articulation, 



showing the interosseous ligament 



in frontal section 



Syndesmosis tibiofibularis 



Epiphysial disc 



'Synchondrosis epiphyseos 



External malleolus 

 Malleolus lateralis 



Posterior band, or posterior astragalofibular 

 portion, of the external lateral ligament 

 of the ankle-joint 



Lig. talufibulare posterius 



Middle band, or calcaneoflbular portion, 

 1 of the external lateral ligament of 

 the ankle-joint 



Lig. calcaneotibulare 



Capsular ligament 

 Capsula articularis 



Calcaneum, or os calcis 



FIG. 478. ARTICULATIONES TALOCRURALIS ET TALOCALCANEA, THE ANKLE-JOINT AND THE 

 ASTRAGALOCALCANEAL ARTICULATION; SYNDESMOSIS TIBIOFIBULARIS, INFERIOR TIBIOFIBULAR 

 ARTICULATION, SHOWING THE INTEROSSEOUS LIGAMENT. THE RELATIONS OF THE DISTAL 

 E!PIPHYSIAL Discs OF THE TIBIA AND THE FIBULA TO THE ANKLE-JOINT. (THE ANKLE- 

 JOINT AND THE ASTRAGALOCALCANEAL ARTICULATION OF THE RIGHT LEG, DIVIDED IN A 

 VERTICAL PLANE CLOSELY APPROXIMATING THE FRONTAL PLANE; POSTERIOR SURFACE OF 

 THE ANTERIOR SEGMENT.) 



The plane of section passes through the lowermost parts of the lateral portions of the superior 



articular surface of the astragalus. 



Articulationes pedis The articulations of the foot. 



