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also diverge behind and the tubera are flattened and everted. The superior 

 ischiatic spine is low and thick; its posterior part is marked by transverse grooves 



Fig. 1.34. — Oss.v Co.karum of Dog, Left Posterior View. 

 a, Crest; 6, c, internal angle; d, great sciatic notch; e, /, external angle; g, posterior gluteal line; h, gluteal 

 fossa of wing; i, shaft of ilium; k, anterior gluteal line; I, auricular surface; m, ilio-pectineal line; 7i, depression 

 for origin of rectus femoris; o, acetabulum; p, acetabular, and q, symphyseal branch of pubis; r, psoas tubercle; 

 s, obturator foramen; s', obturator notch; t, line for origin of coccygeus; u, superior ischiatic spine; v, external 

 border of ischium; w, tuber ischii; x, ischial arch. (EUenberger-Baum, Anat. d. Hundes.) 



Fig. 135. — Left Femur of Dog, Anterior View. 

 a, Head; b, neck; c, trochanter major; d, tro- 

 chanter minor; e, rudimentary trochanter tertius; 

 /, rough line; (j, trochlea; h, i, condyles; k, supra- 

 patellar fossa. (Ellenberger-Baum, Anat. d. Hundes.) 



Fig. 136. — Left Tibia and Fibula of Dog, Antero- 

 external View. 

 A, Tibia; B, fibula; o, external condyle of 

 tibia; h, spine; c, crest of tibia; d, muscular notch; 

 e, internal malleolus; /, head of fibula; <7, interosseous 

 space; h, external malleolus (distal end of fibula); i, 

 groove for tendon. (Ellenberger-Baum, Anat. d. 

 Hundes.) 



and has a prominent outer lip. There is no lesser sciatic notch, 

 is relatively small and is semi-elliptical. 



The ischial arch 



