B. A muscle which passes underneath the cartilages of the ankle, and gives off four tendons, which are distributed to the toes, and by which they are extended in elongating the foot, walking, &c.
C. Part of the muscle which forms the fleshy bulb of the calf of the leg, and which terminates in the large tendon attached to the heel, called the tendon of Achilles.
D. One of the ligaments which bind the tendons and the bones of the ankle.
E. Arteries proceeding from the large vessel descending the leg, by which the toes are supplied.
949. Why are the muscles of the arms, &c., made subject to the controul of the will?
Because, as they supply the mechanism through which we adapt ourselves to our varying wants and circumstances, it was necessary that they should be placed under the controul of the mental power, and be moved only in accordance with man's necessities.
"If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?"—Proverbs xxiv.