Distended knee joint, lateral view.

Open knee joint, anterior view.

Anterior view of the surfaces of radiocarpal (wrist) joint; image on left shows the structures of the hand and wrist superimposed on outline of hand.

Hip joint. B. Posterior view.

Superior view of transverse section of the intervertebral disc and ligaments, with the nucleus pulposus removed and the epiphyseal plate exposed.

Posterior view of the interior of the shoulder joint; joint is exposed by cutting away the posterior part of the capsule and the head of the humerus.

Transverse section through elbow joint; image to the right shows level of section.

Medial aspect of knee. C. Articularis genu muscle. This muscle, deep to the vastus intermedius muscle, consists of a few fibers arising from the anterior surface of the femur and inserting into the synovial capsule of the knee joint, which it retracts dur

Anterior view of the ligaments of distal radioulnar, radiocarpal, and intercarpal joints; hand is shown forcibly extended.

Joint, synovial, equine