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TOPOGEAPHICAL ANATOMY OF 



obliquity, and are attached to the triangular area on the proximal 

 posterior part of the tibia and the corresponding stretch of the medial 

 border of this bone. 



Dissection. — Reflect the popHteus muscle so that the whole course of 

 the popliteal vessels may be followed. 



A. POPLiTEA. — The popliteal is the direct conthiuation of the femoral 



Lig. collaterale tibiale. 



Ljgamenta patelitc. f'j 



M. gracilis. 



M. semitendinosus. -- 



i\I. popliteus. 



M. Jlexor hallucis 

 longus. 



Fig. 90.— Medial Aspect of the Tibia and Fibula, with Areas of Jluscular an 

 Ligamentous Attacliment. 



* Area of attachment of one of the ligamentous bands of the medial meniscus. 



artery, the line of demarcation being taken as the point at which the 



vessel passes between the two heads of the gastrocnemius muscle. The 



artery traverses the notch between the two femoral condyles and 



comes into close relation with the capsule of the femoro-tibial joint. 



During the first part of its course the artery runs parallel to and in 



front of the plantaris muscle. It next passes between the popliteus 



muscle and the joint capsule, and afterwards between this muscle and 



the proximal part of the tibia. It ends, under cover of the popliteus 

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