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ELEMENTS OF MAMMALIAN ANATOMY. 



The femur, or thigh-bone, may be recognized by its 

 spherical head with a pit for the attachment of the liga- 



hi 



Lend. I 



FIG. 40. CAUDAL ASPECT OF 

 FEMUR. 



ex. tub, External tuberosity ; int. 

 tub, internal tuberosity ; ex. 

 end, external condyle ; int. 

 end, internal condyle ; i. end. 

 t, intercondylar notch or 

 fossa ; intch. r, intertro- 

 chanteric ridge ; g. trch, 

 greater trochanter ; hd, head ; 

 I'm. as, linea aspera; /. trch, 

 lesser trochanter; nk, neck; 

 pit, pit for the ligamentum 

 teres; tr. fos, trochanteric 

 fossa or digital fossa. 



-i to 



FIG. 41. ANTERIOR OR 

 CRANIAL ASPECT OF 

 RIGHT TIBIA. 



at, Articulatory sur- 

 face for the astrag- 

 alus ; cr, crest; et, 

 external tuberosity ; 

 fc, facet for articu- 

 lation with the fib- 

 ula ; im, internal 

 malleolus ; it, inter- 

 nal tuberosity ; Ig, 

 ligament of the 

 patella cut off; tb, 

 tubercle. 



mentum teres which aids in holding the head in the ace- 

 tabulum. 



