B 



Plate XVII. — The Stifle-Joint — Bones, Ligaments and Cartilages 



A. — POSTERIOR aspect 



I. Supracondyloid crest. 2. Supracondyloid fossa. 3. Inner condyle of femur. 



4. Outer lip of supracondyloid fossa. 5.- Femoral coronary ligament. 6. Outer condyle. 

 7. Posterior crucial ligament. 8. Anterior ditto. 9. Inner semilunar cartilage. 

 10. External lateral ligament. 11. Internal ditto. 12. Outer semilunar cartilage. 

 13. Special tubercle, to which internal crucial ligament is attached. 14. Posterior 

 coronary ligament of outer cartilage. 15. Tubercle for insertion of popliteus muscle. 

 16. Head of fibula. 17. Nutrient foramen of tibia. 18. Depression for accommodation 

 of popliteus muscle. 19. Ridges from which perforans muscle arises. 



B. — anterior aspect 



I, 3, and 4. External, middle, and internal straight patellar ligaments. 2. Patella. 



5. External condyle. 6. Inner lip of trochlea. 7. Outer ditto. 8 and 9. Inner and 

 outer semilunar cartilages, 10 and 11. Internal and external lateral ligaments. 12. An- 

 terior tuberosity of tibia. 13. Head of fibula. 14. Crest of tibia. 



