CHAPTER II 



SUPERFICIAL DISSECTIONS 



OUTER ASPECT OF LIMB 

 Such a dissection is represented in Plates III. and IV. 



The Bones 



Near the upper extremity of the limb, the patella is seen to bulge 

 prominently forwards (5). To its anterior face is attached the tendon 

 of insertion of the quadriceps muscles (i) and also the external 

 straight patellar ligament. 



Below the patella is the anterior tuberosity of the tibia, which 

 is continued downwards into the ridge of bone known as the tibial 

 crest. The crest disappears as we descend the limb, since it gradually 

 subsides to blend with the anterior face of the bone. 



The external condyle of the femur (2) is placed behind the 

 patella, and is partially concealed by a flat piece of muscular tissue 

 which is the inferior extremity of one of the divisions of the biceps 

 femoris muscle. 



Inferiorly placed to this condyle, but separated from it by the 

 outer semilunar cartilaginous disc, is the external tuberosity of the 

 tibia, of which only the anterior portion is visible. It is separated 

 from the anterior tuberosity by a well-marked notch, through which 

 the tendon common to the extensor pedis and the superficial tendinous 

 portion of the flexor metatarsi plays. 



Descending from this tuberosity in a vertical direction for a 



