. The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals. Veterinary anatomy. ABTICULATIONS OF THE POSTERIOR LIMBS. 217 extremity is attached in the fossa behind that eminence. The external semilunar fiiro-cartilage is fixed, in front, near the anterior insertion of the opposite fibro- cartilage ; its posterior extremity gives origin to two slips or cords, one superior, the other inferior. The first, the strongest and longest, terminates in the fossa near the posterior extremity of the intercondyloid notch. The second, thin and â flat, is inserted on the posterior outline of the external tibial f
. The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals. Veterinary anatomy. ABTICULATIONS OF THE POSTERIOR LIMBS. 217 extremity is attached in the fossa behind that eminence. The external semilunar fiiro-cartilage is fixed, in front, near the anterior insertion of the opposite fibro- cartilage ; its posterior extremity gives origin to two slips or cords, one superior, the other inferior. The first, the strongest and longest, terminates in the fossa near the posterior extremity of the intercondyloid notch. The second, thin and â flat, is inserted on the posterior outline of the external tibial facet. The external border of this meniscus is separated from the external lateral ligament by the tendon of the popliteus muscle, and acts, with regard to this tendon, as a pulley. Mode of union.âThe bands which bind this complicated articulation are veiy Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chauveau, A. (Auguste), 1827-1917; Arloing, S. (Saturnin), 1846-1911; Fleming, George, 1833-1901. New York, D. Appleton
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