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THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE LOWER LIMB 



Pad of fat 



The 



astragalus 



Epiphysial disc 

 Synchondrosis epiphyseos 



Anterior ligament of the ankle-joint 

 / Pars fibrosa capsulae articulationis talocruralis 



Pad of fat 

 / Astragalocalcaneonavicular articulation 



'' Articulatio talocalcaneonavicularis 

 /; Navicular bone 



;Os naviculare 



Middle or second cuneiform bone 



. Os cuneiforme II. 



, Tarsometatarsal articulation 

 ' Articulatio tarsometatarsea 



Second metatarsal bone 

 Os metatarsale II. 



Inferior 

 ; metatarsophalangeal 

 ; ligament' (?) 



Epiphysial disc 



Synchondrosis epiphyseos 



Astragalocalcaneal 

 articulation 



Articulatio talocalcanea 



'Anterior astragalocalcaneal ligament 

 Lig. talocalcaneum anterius 

 Interosseous astragalocalcaneal liga- 

 ment Lig. talocalcaneum interosseum 



Deep portion of the inferior calcaneocubold 

 ligament (short plantar ligament) 

 Lig. calcaneocuboideum plantare 



Cuboid bone Os cuboidcum 

 Interosseous cubocuneiform ligament 

 Lig. cuneocuboideum interosseum 



(2) Lig. accessorium plantare (3) Os sesamoideum latcralc 



1 See note to p. 246. 



Second metatarso- 



phalangeal 

 articulation (i) 



(i) Articulatio metatarsophalangea II. 



Interphalangeal 

 articulations of 



External sesamoid bone (3) the second toe ( 4 ) 

 First metatarsal bone Os metatarsale I. 

 Insertion of the tendon of the peroneus longus muscle 

 Insertion of the tendon of the tibialis posticus muscle 

 External or third cuneiform bone Os cuneiforme III. 



(4) Articulationes digit! IT. 



FIG. 489. THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE RIGHT FOOT OF A YOUTH AGED SEVENTEEN YEARS, 

 'SEEN IN SAGITTAL SECTION, AND SHOWING THE RELATIONS OF THESE ARTICULATIONS TO 

 THE EPIPHYSIAL Discs. 



The section passes through the distal extremity of the tibia, the astragalus, the os calcis, the middle 

 cuneiform bone, the second metatarsal bone, and the phalanges of the second toe. 



Articulationes pedis The articulations of the foot. 



