On the mechanism and motions of the human foot and leg / by John Cross.

  • Cross, John.
Date:
1819
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On the mechanism and motions of the human foot and leg / by John Cross. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    of the great toe arises chiefly from the lower half of the posterior side of the fibula, and having become tendinous a little above the ankle joint, passes inward behind the base of the tibia, is transmitted through an annular groove, down a- long the posterior and inner part of the astragal bone, and below the internal process of the heel bone, and after sending a slip to the tendon of the flexor of the other four toes, and then run- ning between the two sesamoid bones, is inserted, into the second, or last bone of the great toe. The flexor of the four outer toes, lying to the inner side of the flexor of the great toe, arises chiefly from the back part of the tibia, having become tendinous, passes down in an annular ligament behind the base of the tibia, on the in- ner side of the posterior part of the astragal bon^^ and below the point of the lateral process of the heel bone, by and bye receives the accessory mass of flesh formerlydescribed, communicates by a slip of tendon with the flexor of the great toe, gives origin to the lumbrical muscles, and divides into four tendons,which, passing through the split ten- dons of the short flexor, are inserted into the last bones of the four outer toes. Of these two mus- cles, the flexor of the great toe is by far the