THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE LOWER LIMB 



Shaft or body of the tibia 



Epiphysial disc 



Synchondrosis epiphyseos .... 



Distal epiphysis of the tibia 

 Epiphysis distalis tibiae 

 Groove of the tendon of the tibialis 

 posticus muscle (i) 



Internal malleolus ___. 

 Malleolus medialis 

 Capsular ligament (posterior ligament 



of the ankle-joint) 



Posterior astragalotibtal portion of the 

 internal lateral, or deltoid, ligament 



of the ankle-joint (2) 



Calcaneotibial portion of the internal lateral,-" 

 or deltoid, ligament of the ankle-joint (3) 

 Inner tubercle of the posterior process of - 



the astragalus (4) 



Groove of the tendon of the flexor !ongus..-- 

 hallucis muscle (5) 



Sustentaculum tali' 

 Sustentaculum tali 



Capsular ligament of the astragalocalcane 

 articulation. 



Capsula articulationis talocalcaneae 



(1) Sulcus malleolaris 



(2) Lig. talotibiale posterius 



(3) Lig. calcaneotibiale 



(4) Tuberculum mediate processus posterioris tal 



(5) Sulcus m. flexoris halluris longi 



(6) Lig. calcaneofibulare 



j ' Shaft or body of the fibula 



Interosseous membrane, or ligament, 



of the leg 

 Membrana interossea cruris 



Posterior inferior tibiofibular ligament 



-''Lig. malleoli lateralis posterius 



Epiphysial disc 



.-''Synchondrosis epiphyseos 



Distal epiphysis of the fibula 

 ..- Epiphysis distalis fibulas 



Groove of the tendons of the peroneus 



longus and peroneus brevis muscles 



External malleolus Malleolus lateralis 



Outer tubercle of the posterior process 



of the astragalus 



Tuberculum latera'e processus posteriori* tali 



.Middle band, or calcaneofibular portion, 



of the external lateral ligament 



of the ankle-joint (6) 

 '"-Posterior astragalocalcaneal ligament 



Lig. talocalcaneum posterius 



- Epiphysial disc 



Synchondrosis epiphyseos 



_ Epiphysis of the posterior extremity 



of the os calcis 

 Epiphysis tuberis calcanei 



FIG. 479. THE CAPSULAR LIGAMENTS AND THE SUPERFICIAL POSTERIOR LIGAMENTS OF THE 

 ANKLE-JOINT AND OF THE ASTRAGALOCALCANEAL ARTICULATION. THE RELATIONS OF THE 

 DISTAL EPIPHYSIAL Discs OF THE TIBIA AND FIBULA TO THE ANKLE-JOINT. THE POSTERIOR 

 PORTIONS OF THE LATERAL LIGAMENTS OF THE ANKLE-JOINT : LIGAMENTUM TALOTIBIALE 

 POSTERIUS, THE POSTERIOR ASTRAGALOTIBIAL PORTION OF THE INTERNAL LATERAL, OR 

 DELTOID, LIGAMENT OF THE ANKLE-JOINT ; LIGAMENTUM CALCANEOTIBIALE, THE CALCANEO- 

 TIBIAL PORTION OF THE INTERNAL LATERAL, OR DELTOID, LIGAMENT OF THE ANKLE-JOINT; 

 LIGAMENTUM CALCANEOFIBULARE, THE MIDDLE BAND, OR CALCANEOFIBULAR PORTION, OF 

 THE EXTERNAL LATERAL LIGAMENT OF THE ANKLE-JOINT. LIGAMENTUM TALOCALCANEUM 

 POSTERIUS, THE POSTERIOR ASTRAGALOCALCANEAL LIGAMENT. SYNDESMOSIS TIBIOFIBULARIS: 

 LIGAMENTUM MALLEOLI LATERALIS POSTERIUS, THE POSTERIOR INFERIOR TIBIOFIBULAR 

 LIGAMENT. (THE ANKLE-JOINT AND THE ASTRAGALOCALCANEAL ARTICULATION OF THE 

 RIGHT LEG, SEEN FROM BEHIND.) 



Articulationes pedis The articulations of the foot. 



