A system of human anatomy, general and special . 174 TIBIOFIBULAR ARTICULATIONS. Fig. inner surface of the ligaments which form the circumference of thejoint. On each side of the patella, it lines thetendinous aponeuroses of the vastus internusand vastus externus muscles, and forms a pouchof considerable size between the extensor ten-don and the front of the femur. It also formsthe folds in the interior of the joint, called liga-mentum mucosum, and ligamenta superior pouch of the synovial membraneis supported and raised during the movementsof the limb by a small muscle, the sub
A system of human anatomy, general and special . 174 TIBIOFIBULAR ARTICULATIONS. Fig. inner surface of the ligaments which form the circumference of thejoint. On each side of the patella, it lines thetendinous aponeuroses of the vastus internusand vastus externus muscles, and forms a pouchof considerable size between the extensor ten-don and the front of the femur. It also formsthe folds in the interior of the joint, called liga-mentum mucosum, and ligamenta superior pouch of the synovial membraneis supported and raised during the movementsof the limb by a small muscle, the subcrureus,which is inserted into it. Between the ligamentum patellae and thesynovia] membrane is a considerable mass offat, which presses the membrane towards theinterior of the joint, and occupies the fossa be-tween the two the proper ligaments of the articulation, the joint is pro-tected on its anterior part by the fascia lata, which is thicker uponthe outer than upon the inner side, by a tendinous expansion fromthe vastus internus, and by some scattered ligamentous fi
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