. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . be to givemore range ofmotion to the in-ner condyle, andan examination ofthe joint surfacesshows that theyare correspond-ingly shaped tothat end. The inner con-dyle (Fig. 3082) isbent not onlyfrom before back-ward, but alsofrom side to sidelike tlie half of ahorseshoe, andr o u g h 1 y corre-sponds to a conewhose apex is atthe insertion ofthe posterior cru-cial ligament. Theouter condyle isbent only in onedirection, but itssurface c o r r e-sponds in a sim-ilar wa


. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . be to givemore range ofmotion to the in-ner condyle, andan examination ofthe joint surfacesshows that theyare correspond-ingly shaped tothat end. The inner con-dyle (Fig. 3082) isbent not onlyfrom before back-ward, but alsofrom side to sidelike tlie half of ahorseshoe, andr o u g h 1 y corre-sponds to a conewhose apex is atthe insertion ofthe posterior cru-cial ligament. Theouter condyle isbent only in onedirection, but itssurface c o r r e-sponds in a sim-ilar way to a conewhose apex issomewhere withinthe anterior cru-cial is thus seento be a provision. Fig. 3084.—Anterior Surface ot the Knee-joint.(Sappey.) 1, Liframentuiu patellsp; 2, itsexpansion over tlie patella ; 1:1, lis insertionui)oii the liliia; 4, tendon of Ibe ipiiHlriropse.\t*nsr femoris; .i. laieial Hlm-nient; ti, its liist*rtinii upnn the head of thefibula; 7, ttndoii of the popllteus; 8, in-ternal lateral lii-Hini-nt: H. l-iulon of the ad-ductor inapiius: lo. i-.\paiision of theinterual haiiistiin-f tendons <jiiitir doic);11, tendon of tlit- sartorius ; 1:2. toudouof thegracilis; l;;. tendon of the scmiti-ndiuosus;14, inltiiial scniihiiiar lliTo-rai tiheje ; ,the ii[i|icr synovial cavity of the joint; Ifi,lower synovial cavity, separated from thepreceding by the flbro-cartila<^e. for a double mo-tion of the inner condyle, a back-and-forth hinge action,and a lotatiim ai-iuind tlie outer, while only the hingemotion has shaped the outer condy le. The peculitir actionof these surfaces does not admit of their being lifted intoa socket, regula


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