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and flattened, and sometimes can scarcely be said to exist. Its origin 

 IS from the volar (posterior) surface of the radius immediately distal 



M . triceps brachii < 

 (caput mediale). 



M. tensor fascia; antibrachii.- 

 >/ M. flexor digitoruni profundus 



y. il. triceps brachii (capites longuni 

 et laterale). 



y 



M. brachialis 



M. flexor digitoruni . 

 profundus. 



V M- flexor digitoruni 

 sublimis. 



• M. extensor digiti^quinti. 



•JI. extensor digitoruni 

 communis. 



il. extensor digiti quinti. \y 



M. abductor pollicis. \y 



^/ 



V- 



FiG. 25.— Posterior Aspect of the Radius and Ulna, with Areas of 

 Muscular Attachment. 



to the middle of the bone. The tendon of the radial head joins the 

 main tendon in the neighbourhood of the carpus. 



The very powerful and dense common tendon of the deep flexor 

 traverses the canal at \\\q volar aspect of the carpus and will be 



