. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology. Anatomy; Physiology; Zoology. ABNORMAL CONDITIONS OF THE KNEE-JOINT. Fig. 8. Fig. 9. 67. Femur displaced inwards. Patella anckyksed. elongated and was directed backwards. The crucial ligaments were also elongated, and instead of crossing each other were untwisted as it were and lay side by side. The carti- lages were altogether removed, and when the femur was forcibly separated from the tibia, there were corresponding elevations and de- pressions which marked the several points of contact between the bones, in which a species of anchylosis had occurr
. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology. Anatomy; Physiology; Zoology. ABNORMAL CONDITIONS OF THE KNEE-JOINT. Fig. 8. Fig. 9. 67. Femur displaced inwards. Patella anckyksed. elongated and was directed backwards. The crucial ligaments were also elongated, and instead of crossing each other were untwisted as it were and lay side by side. The carti- lages were altogether removed, and when the femur was forcibly separated from the tibia, there were corresponding elevations and de- pressions which marked the several points of contact between the bones, in which a species of anchylosis had occurred. The body of the tibia was greatly enlarged and hypertrophied, and round perforations existed in its head, from which sequestra had been discharged. II. ABNORMAL CONDITIONS OF THE KNEE- JOINT RESULTING FROM ACCIDENT. FraC- tures and dislocations are the principal acci- dents to which the bones of the knee-joint are liable. The muscular and tendinous fibres common to the rectus, cruixEus, and vasti are occasionally torn from the patella, and the ligament of this bone is also sometimes rup- tured. Tho proper ligaments, too, and other structures of the knee-joint, suffer from sudden injuries, which we must here advert to as briefly as we can. Fractures of the shaft of the femur near to the knee-joint may be transverse or oblique, or one or both of the condyles may be broken off from this joint. 1. When a transverse fracture is situate immediately above the condyles of the femur,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Todd, Robert Bentley, 1809-1860. London, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper
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