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LABORATORY MANUAL OF HUMAN ANATOMY 



Study with care the reflections of the synovial membrane. It 

 is the most extensive of any in the body, and is of great practical 

 importance because of its frequent involvement in disease. 



Look for " loose bodies" in the cavity of the knee-joint; 

 occasionally one is found. Eemember that in a Rontgen-ray 



Tend. M. quad, fern 



Lig. proprium 

 pat. med. 



Meniscus medialis 



FIG. 74. 



Tend. M. adduct. mag. 



B. infrapat. prof. .- 

 A. genu iuf. med. .. 



. M. semimemb. 



[ Lig. collat. tib. 



..M. gastroc. (caput 

 med.) 



Articulatio genu, medial view. The capsula articularis is removed to demonstrate its lines of 

 attachment to the feimir and tibia. (From Poirier et Charpy, Traite d'Anat. hum., Paris, 1899, 2 ed., 

 t. i. p. 737, Fig. 739.) 



picture the sesamoid bone in the origin of the M. gastrocnemius 

 has before now been mistaken for such a i i loose body. ' ' 



Having charted the length and breadth of the muscular 

 attachments on the tibia and fibula, remove the muscles and 

 study the articulation between the bones. 



