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i6 A Description of all the Tab.IV. 
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EXPLANATION of TABLE IV. 
In this Table a View is given of the Cavity of the Joint of the 
Knee and of the Burfas above and below it, after making an 
Incifion lengthwife at the Outer Edge of the Patella, and 
then raifing the Patella fo that its Pofterior Part is diredted 
outwards. 
A. The fore-part of the thigh-bone. 
B. The trochlea of the thigh-bone in which the patella was lodged. 
C. The back-part of the patella turned outwards. 
D. The tubercle at the upper fore-part of the tibia. 
E. The tendon of the extenfores cruris, running into the upper part of the 
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patella. 
F. The tendon or ligament from the under-part of the patella to the tubercle 
of the tibia. 
G. A fedion of a -large burfa mucofa, placed between the tendon of the ex-_ 
tenfores cruris and the fore-part of the thigh-bone. 
H. The inner fide of the capfular ligament of the knee. 
I. The partition which leparates the burfa mucofa from the cavity of the 
joint of the knee, formed by the membrane of the burfa and inner layer of the 
capfular ligament, joined together by cellular fubftance. 
K. A burfa between the ligament which joins the patella to the tubercle of 
the tibia and the upper fore-part of the tibia. 
L L. A large mafs of fat, faid, erroneoufly, by authors, to contain within it 
fynovial glands. The upper part of this mafs is covered by the inner layer of 
the capfular ligament, and the under part of it is lined with the membrane of 
the burfa mucofa K. > . 
M. The under portion of the fat projeds into the cavity of the burfa K. 
N. The upper part of this fat projeds into the cavity of the joint of the knee. 
O. A ligament by which this mafs of fat is tied to the thigh-bone between 
its condyles. 
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