THE MUSCLES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY. 



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Fig. 51. — Left tibia and fibula of a Raven viewed from the inner side. 



Fig. 52. — The same bones seen from in front. 



Fig. 53.— The same from a posterior aspect. Designed to show in each case the 

 origin and insertion of their muscles. In each, the patella is placed 

 in position above the tibia. All the drawings are life-size, from the 

 author's own dissections. 



to form a broad, flat tendon, which is inserted into 

 the shaft of that bone just below its trochanter. This 

 insertion is almost directly opposite that of the gluteus 



