. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . .\ternal and Internal SaphenousVeins. is decidedly simian in character. The bone is markedlyflattened from side to side, and presents a sabre-like edgeon the crest. This is known as the platycneniic found upon examination of a considerable num-ber of skeletons of the mound-builders that about sixtypercent, of their tiliiiB were platycneniic. It seems quiteprobable that in such legs the tibialis anticus muscle islarger and more deeply embedded between t
. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . .\ternal and Internal SaphenousVeins. is decidedly simian in character. The bone is markedlyflattened from side to side, and presents a sabre-like edgeon the crest. This is known as the platycneniic found upon examination of a considerable num-ber of skeletons of the mound-builders that about sixtypercent, of their tiliiiB were platycneniic. It seems quiteprobable that in such legs the tibialis anticus muscle islarger and more deeply embedded between the bones thanis the case in tlie usual type, adapting the foot to stronginversion of the sole, as is the case with apes, and thusmaking climbing fibula, although not so superficial as the tibia, 477 l<eg. REFERENCE HANDBOOK OP TEEE MEDICAL SCIENCES. may be felt for a great portion of its course, especiall)below, where fracture is most common. The head audthe external malleolus, with the triaugular facet aboveit, are subcutaneous. The close contiguity of the skin interosseous lig. ant. tib. vessels and nerve tfH-:^. ext. saph. n. and a. Fig. 3182.—Diagram of a Transverse Section through Rlglit Leg, atUpper Third, to show the Disposition of the Iblerniuscular surface of section, fl., a, o., Deep fascia or aponeurosis; d. t\intermuscular septa: 1, tibialis anticus; 2, ext. lung, dig.; 3, pero-neuslongus; 4, ext. head of gastroc; (i. int. head of gastroc; 6,soleus; 7, flex. long, hall.; 8, tibialis posticus; 9, flex. long. dig. to the peiiosteum and bone makes it very easy for path-ological processes to be continvied fiom one to the is often seen, therefore, tliat ulcers of the leg are fol-lowed by periostitis aud necrosis of the bone. The skin and subcutaneous tissues aie not so freelysupplied with arterial vessels as are the correspondingportions of the ujiper Tlie sujierficial veinsare, on the coutrary, very numerous, as may be seen
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