. Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy. Anatomy. THE FEMUE. 243 Adductor t 1 MAGNUS / / !i Medial \, / / HEAD OF GAS- 1 TROCNEMIUS / (m. Plantaris 1 / 11. ,* i Lateral \Jr k HEAD OF GAS ^/TROCNEMIUS Posterior cruciate ligament Anterior cruciate ligament to this—usually on the medial side of the shaft, immediately in front of the medial lip of the linea aspera. The anterior and lateral aspects of the shaft are covered by, and furnish surfaces for, the origins of the vastus lateralis and vastus intermedins. The medial aspect is covered by the vastus medialis. The distal extremity of the femur compr
. Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy. Anatomy. THE FEMUE. 243 Adductor t 1 MAGNUS / / !i Medial \, / / HEAD OF GAS- 1 TROCNEMIUS / (m. Plantaris 1 / 11. ,* i Lateral \Jr k HEAD OF GAS ^/TROCNEMIUS Posterior cruciate ligament Anterior cruciate ligament to this—usually on the medial side of the shaft, immediately in front of the medial lip of the linea aspera. The anterior and lateral aspects of the shaft are covered by, and furnish surfaces for, the origins of the vastus lateralis and vastus intermedins. The medial aspect is covered by the vastus medialis. The distal extremity of the femur comprises the two condyles and epicon- dyles. The condyles are two recurved processes of bone, each provided with an articular surface, and separated behind by a deep intercondylic notch. United in front, where their combined articular surfaces form an area on which the patella rests, the two condyles differ from each other in the following respects: If the shaft of the bone be held vertically, the medial condyle is seen to reach a more distal level than the lateral; but, as the femur lies obliquely in the thigh, the con- dyles are so placed that their distal surfaces lie in the same horizontal plane. Viewed on their distal aspect, the medial condyle is seen to be the narrower and shorter of the two. The lateral condyle is broader, and advances farther forward and to a more proximal level on the anterior sur- Fig. 241.—Posterior Aspect of Distal face of the shaft. The intercondyloid fossa reaches Portion op the Right Femur with forwards as far as a transverse line drawn through ATTACHMENTS OP MUSCLES MAPPED ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^ Jfe g^ ^ formed by the medial and lateral surfaces of the lateral and medial condyles respectively, the latter being more deeply excavated, and displaying an oval surface near its distal and anterior part for the attachment of the posterior cruciate ligament of the knee-joint. On the posterior and proximal part of the medial surface of the lateral condyle there
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