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.

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    be completely removed from the leg. The upper tibio-fibular jomt presents an anterior and ijosierior ligament and a synovial membrane for study. The lower joint presents an anterior and ]30sterior liga- ment and a long band, the transverse ligament, which deepens the concavity for the ankle-joint below the posterior ligament, and also an interosseous ligament, which, however, cannot be seen till, at the end of the whole dissection, the bones are separated: its synovial cavity is a prolongation from the ankle-joint. The ankle-joint presents little which can be called an anterior or posterior ligament although scattered fibres in its capsule are described by those names ; but it has strong lateral ligaments, the internal one spreading out below to be attached to the scaphoid calcaneum and astragalus, the external consisting of three distinct parts at right angles, the anterior and posterior parts attached to the astra- galus, and the middle part descending to the os calcis. These lateral ligaments are to be cleaned, and the rest of the wall of the joint removed ; and the movements are then to be studied. The articu- lations of the astragalus, with the calcaneum and scaphoid, next demand attention; and the dorsal membrane uniting the head of the astragalus with the scaphoid may be removed, as also the synovial membrane between astragalus and calcaneum behind, so as to allow the movements to be properly seen ; but the interosseous astragalo-calcaneal ligament can only be seen from the side at present, and cannot be laid bare till the bones are separated. The in- ferior and external calcaneo-scaiolioid ligaments, which F