MUSCLES OF THE LEG AND FOOT 



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^ The tibialis anterior is smaller, and arises by two heads. The larger head 

 springs from the lateral surface of the tuberosity and crest of the tibia; the lateral, 

 smaller one (M. extensor hallucis longus), arises from the upper part of the lateral 



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Fig. 310. — Muscles of Left Leg and Foot of Ox; 

 Anterior \"iew. 

 a, Peroneus tertius; a', tibialis iinterior; b, long 

 digital extensor; b', extensor digiti tertii; c, peroneus 

 longus;- d, extensor' digiti qudrti; i, i, annular liga- 

 ments; k, lateral ligament of hock joint; /, branch of 

 suspensory ligament; 30, patella; ~-'/', lateral condyle 

 of tibia; 3S, tuberosity of tibia. (After Ellenberger- 

 Eaum, Anat. fiir Kiinstler.) 



Fig. 311.^ 



-INIrsrLKs OF Lefi' Leg axd Foot of Ox 



Lateral "\'iew. 



a, Peroneus tertius; a', tibialis anterior; b, long 

 digital extensor; b', tendon of b; c, peroneus longus; 

 d, extensor digiti quarti; e, deep digital flexor; e', ten- 

 don of e; e" , branch of interosseus medius or suspen- 

 sory ligament ; /, gastrocnemius (the sol'eus lies just in 

 front of /) ; /', tendon of superficial digital flexor; A, in- 

 terosseus medius or suspensory ligament; i, i, annular 

 ligaments; 20, patella; 2t', lateral condyle of tibia; 

 2S, tuberosity of tibia. (After EIlenberger-Baum, Anat. 

 fiir Kunstler.) 



border of the tibia and the fibrous band which replaces the shaft of the fibula. The 

 "tendon perforates that of the preceding muscle, passes to the medial face of the 

 hockj and ends on the metatarsal and second and third tarsal bones. 



