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LABORATORY MANUAL OF HUMAN ANATOMY 



Tibiofibular Articulation (Articulatio tibiofibularis) (O. T. Superior 

 Tibiofibular Articulation). (Fig. 78.) 



(a) Articular capsule (capsula articularis) . 



(b) Ligaments of the head of the fibula (Ligg. capituli fibulae) (0. T. 



anterior and posterior superior tibiofibular ligaments). 



(c) Interosseous membrane of leg (membrana interossea cruris) (0. T. 



middle tibiofibular ligament). 



FIG. 77. 



Supracondylar process 



Tendon M. poplitei -.- 



BursaM. poplitei ... 



B. suprapatellaris 



- Cavum articulare 



^.. Notch due to adipose mass 



Inferior compartment 



Synovial spaces of the articulatio genu, lateral view. (From Poirier et Charpy, 

 Trait6 d'Anat. hum., Paris, 1899, 2 ed., t. i. p. 744, Fig. 745.) 



Tibiofibular Syndesmosis (Syndesmosis tibiofibularis) (O. T. Inferior 



Tibiofibular Articulation). 

 Study- 



(a) Anterior ligament of lateral malleolus (Lig. malleoli lateralis ante- 



rius). 



(b) Posterior ligament of lateral malleolus (Lig. malleoli lateralis pos- 



terius ) . 



