A directory for the dissection of the human body / by John Cleland.

  • Cleland, John, 1835-1924.
Date:
1876
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Credit: A directory for the dissection of the human body / by John Cleland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    nmscle may now be divided close to tlie bone, atten- tion being paid to tlieir extent; and the deep surface of tbe solens muscle is to be carefully cleaned, and the dissection carried into the substance of the muscle so as to exhibit the remarkable arrangement of the short muscular fibres. The tendo Achillis, or common tendon of insertion of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, is to be dissected closely down to the calcaneum, and the bursa between it and the upper part of the calcaneal tuberosity is to be dis- played. The bulk of the gastrocnemius and soleus may then be removed. The fascia covering the deep layer of muscles is now fully seen, and is to be removed, when, on the fibulfir side will be found the^e.Tor longus pollicis, on the tibial the flexor longus digitorum, and between them and partially covered by an aponeurotic con- nection joining those two muscles, the tibialis]postims. Descending superficial to the flexor longus digitorum are the ijosterior tibial artery with its vence comites and the posterior tibial nerve. In the upper part of its course the nerve furnishes branches to the three muscles, and at the ankle a cutaneous branch which sends twigs to the heel, and passes on to the sole of the foot. The ijosterior tibial artery gives off near its origin the ^^eroneal, and it also furnishes various small branches, namely, the nutrient artery of the tibia, a branch communicating vjith the jjeroneal near the ankle, and muscular branches. The peroneal artery will be seen to pass beneath the flexor longus polHcis, and to be surrounded by its fibres close to the fibula, and to give off, besides muscular twigs, the mdrient