The anatomist's vade mecum : a system of human anatomy . s 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 ten
The anatomist's vade mecum : a system of human anatomy . s 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 synovialmembrane is supported and raisedduT-ing the movements of the limb bywhich is inserted into it. Between the ligamentum patellEe and the synovial membrane is aconsiderable mass of fat, which presses the membrane towards theinterior of the joint, and occupies the fossa between the two small muscle, the suhcriireus, * A longitudinal section of the left knee joinjt, showing the reflections of itssynovial membrane. 1. The cancellous structure of the lower part of thefemur. 2. The tendon of the extensor muscles of the leg. 3. The The ligamentum patellre. 5. The cancellous structure of the head of thetibia. 6. A bursa situated between the ligamentum patellse and the head ofthe tibia. 7. The mass of fat projecting into the cavity of the joint below thepatella. ** The sjmovial membrane. 8. The pouch of synovial membranewhich ascends between the tendon of the extensor muscles of the leg, andthe front of the lower extremity of the femur. 9. One of the alar ligaments;the other has been removed with the opposite section. 10. The ligamentummucosum left entire; the section being made to its inner side. 11. Theanterior or external crucial ligament. 12. The posterior ligament. Thescheme of the synovial membrane,
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