. The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals. Horses; Veterinary anatomy. ARTICULATIONS OF THE POSTERIOR LIMBS 217 extremity is attached in tlie fossa behind that eminence. The external semilunar fibro-cartilagp is fixed, in front, near the anterior insertion of the opposite tibro- cartilage ; its posterior extremity <ijives origin to two shps or cords, one superior, the other inferior. Tlie tiret, tiie strongest and longest, terminates in the fossa near the posterior extremity of the intercondyloid notch. The second, thin and flat, is inserted on the posterior outhne of the extern
. The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals. Horses; Veterinary anatomy. ARTICULATIONS OF THE POSTERIOR LIMBS 217 extremity is attached in tlie fossa behind that eminence. The external semilunar fibro-cartilagp is fixed, in front, near the anterior insertion of the opposite tibro- cartilage ; its posterior extremity <ijives origin to two shps or cords, one superior, the other inferior. Tlie tiret, tiie strongest and longest, terminates in the fossa near the posterior extremity of the intercondyloid notch. The second, thin and flat, is inserted on the posterior outhne of the external tibial facet. The external border of this meniscus is separated from the external lateral ligament by the tendon of tlie iwpliteus muscle, and acts, with regard to this tendon, as a pulley. Mode of loiion.—The bands which bind this complicated articulation are veiy A. Fig. 141. 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 : Appleton
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