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THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE LOWER LIMB 

 Shaft of the fibu.a Shaft of the tibia 



Interosseous membrane, or ligament, of the leg 



Membrana interossea cruris 



Anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament . 



Lig. malleoli lateralis anterius 

 Epiphysial disc Synchondrosis epiphyseos. 

 External malleolus Malleolus lateralis 

 Calcaneum, or OB calcis 



Anterior band, or anterior astragalofibu- j* 

 lar portion, of the external lateral -.v.~~ 



ligament of the ankle-joint (i) 

 Middle band, or calcaneofibular portion, of 

 exteinal late, al ligament of ankle-joint (2) 



'Anterior aatragalocaloaneal ligament -- 

 * Lig. talocalcaneura anterius <S 



Dorsal or superior calcaneocuboid 



ligament 

 Lig. calcaneocuboideum dorsale - , 



Dorsal cubocuneiform ligament 

 Lig. cuneocuboideum dorsale ~i2- 

 External or third cuneiform bone (3)- 

 Cuboid bone Os cuboideum 



Dorsal tarsometatarsal ligament: 

 Lig. tarsometatarsea dorsalia 



Dorsal proximal intermetatarsal ligaments 



Ligg. basium dorsalia 



(1) Lig. ta'ofibulare anterius 



(2) Lig. calcaneofibulare 



Epiphysial disc 



'bynchondrosis epiphyseos 



Internal malleolus 



Malleolus medialis 

 ___- Capsular ligament 

 (Anterior ligament) 



Tibionavicular portion of the internal 

 "lateral, or deltoid, ligament of the 



ankle-joint Li. tibionaviculare 

 Neck of the astragalus Collum tali 



Interosseous astragalocalcaneal liga- 

 ment Lig. talocalcaneum interosseum 



Astragalonavicular ligament (4) 



Dorsal naviculocuboid ligament (5) 



Dorsal naviculocuneiform ligaments 



' ~-~~-.~ Ligg. navicularicuneiformia dorsalia 



... Dorsal intercuneiform ligament (6) 



Middle or second cuneiform bone (7) 



Internal or first cuneiform bone (8) 

 Dorsal tarsometatarsal liga- 

 ments Ligg. tarsometa- 

 tarsea dorsalia 

 Epiphysial disc 

 Synchondrosis epiphyseos 



(3) Os cuneiforme III. 



(4) Lig. talonaviculare (dorsale) 



(5) Lig. cnboideonaviculare dorsale 



(6) Lig. intercuneiforme dorsale 



Os cuneiforme II. 

 (8) Os cuneiforme I. 



FIG. 483. ARTICULATIO TALOCRURALIS, THE ANKLE-JOINT; SYNDESMOSIS TIBIOFIBULARIS, THE 

 INFERIOR TIBIOFIBULAR ARTICULATION. THE RELATIONS OF THE DISTAL EPIPHYSIAL Discs 

 OF THE TlBIA AND FlBULA TO THE ANKLE-JOINT. ARTICULATIONES INTERTARSE.E ET TARSO- 

 METATARSE^E, THE INTERTARSAL AND TARSOMETATARSAL ARTICULATIONS; ARTICULA1 IONES 

 INTERMETATARSE^E, THE INTERMETATARSAL ARTICULATIONS. LIGAMENTA TARSI DORSALIA 

 ET TARSOMETATARSEA DORSALIA ET LIGAMENTA BASIUM DORSALIA; THE DORSAL LIGAMENTS 

 OF THE TARSUS, THE DORSAL TARSOMETATARSAL LIGAMENTS, AND THE DORSAL PROXIMAL 

 INTERMETATARSAL LIGAMENTS. (THE RIGHT TARSUS WITH THE ADJOINING PORTIONS OF 

 THE TIBIA AND FIBULA AND OF THE METATARSUS ; DORSO-EXTERNAL ASPECT.) 



The joints are unopened except for the astragalocali aneal, astragalonavicular, and naviculocuneiform 

 articulations, which have been partly opened. 



Articulationes pedis The articulations of the foot. 



