. Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy. Anatomy. 24S OSTEOLOGY. Fibular collateral ligament of knee distal to this the areas for the origins of the peronseus longus and extensor digitoruni longus are often crisply denned. The circumference of the medial condyle is grooved postero-niedially for the insertion of the tendon of the senii-menibranosus. In front of the condyles, and about an inch distal to the level of the condyhe sur- faces, there is an oval elevation called the tuberosity of the tibia. The proximal half of this is smooth and covered by a bursa, while the distal part is rough and serv
. Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy. Anatomy. 24S OSTEOLOGY. Fibular collateral ligament of knee distal to this the areas for the origins of the peronseus longus and extensor digitoruni longus are often crisply denned. The circumference of the medial condyle is grooved postero-niedially for the insertion of the tendon of the senii-menibranosus. In front of the condyles, and about an inch distal to the level of the condyhe sur- faces, there is an oval elevation called the tuberosity of the tibia. The proximal half of this is smooth and covered by a bursa, while the distal part is rough and serves for the attachment of the hgamentum patellae. Considered in its entirety, the proximal extremity of the tibia is broader transversely than antero-posteriorly, and is inclined backwards so as to overhang the shaft posteriorly*. The corpus tibise (shaft) is irregularly three-sided, possessing a medial, a lateral, and a posterior surface, separated by an anterior crest, a medial margin, and a lateral or interosseous crest. It is narrowest about the junction of its middle and distal thirds, and expands proximally and distally to support the extremities. Eunning along the front of the bone there is a gently-curved, prominent margin, the crista anterior, confluent proximally with the tuberosity, but fading away distally on the anterior surface of the distal third of the bone, where it may be traced in the direc- tion of the anterior border of the medial malleolus. This is the anterior crest or shin, which is subcutaneous throughout its entire length. To the medial side of this is a smooth, slightly convex semitendinosus surface, which reaches the medial tuberosity proximally, and distally becomes con- tinuous with the medial sur- face of the medial malleolus. This is the medial or sub- cutaneous surface of the shaft, Fig. 248.—Anterior aspect of the Proximal Portions of the which is covered only by skin Bones of the Right Leg with Attachments of Muscles and superficial fascia ex
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