The anatomist's vade mecum : a system of human anatomy . It is connected, by its apex, with the anteriorpart of the condyloid notch, and by its base is lost in the mass of fatwhich projects into the joint beneath the patella. * The right knee joint laid open from the front, in order to show the in-ternal ligaments. 1. The cartilaginous surface of the lower extremity of thefemur with its two condyles; the figure 5 rests upon the external; the figure3 upon the internal condyle. 2. The anterior crucial ligament. 3. Theposterior crucial ligament. 4. The transverse ligament. 5. The attachmentof the
The anatomist's vade mecum : a system of human anatomy . It is connected, by its apex, with the anteriorpart of the condyloid notch, and by its base is lost in the mass of fatwhich projects into the joint beneath the patella. * The right knee joint laid open from the front, in order to show the in-ternal ligaments. 1. The cartilaginous surface of the lower extremity of thefemur with its two condyles; the figure 5 rests upon the external; the figure3 upon the internal condyle. 2. The anterior crucial ligament. 3. Theposterior crucial ligament. 4. The transverse ligament. 5. The attachmentof the ligamentum mucosum ; the rest has been removed. 6. The intex-nalsema-lunar fibro-cartilage. 7. The extei^nal fibro-cartilage. 8. A part of theligamentum patellae turned down. 9. The bursa, situated between theligamentum patellse and the head of the tibia; it has been laid open. anteio-superior tibio-fibular ligament. 11. The upper part of theinterosseous membrane ; the opening above this membrane is for the passageof the anterior tibial KNEE JOINT. 151 Fig. 74. The alar ligaments are two fringed folds of syno^^dal membrane,extending from the ligamentum mucosum, along the edges of the massof fat to the sides of the patella. The synovial memhrane of theknee joint is by far the most exten-sive in the skeleton. It invests thecartilaginous surfaces of the con-dyles of the femur, of the head oftibia, and of the inner surface of thepatella; it covers both surfaces ofthe semilunar fibro-cartilages, andis reflected upon the crucial liga-ments, and upon the inner surfaceof the ligaments which form the cir-cumference of the joint. On eachside of the patella, it lines the ten-dinous aponeuroses of the vastus in-ternus and vastus externus muscles,and forms a pouch of considerablesize between the extensor tendonand the front of the femm. Italso forms the folds in the interiorof the joint, called ligamentummucosum, and ligamenta superior pouch of the synovialmembra
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