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OS FEMORIS. 



MUSCLES OF THE FOREARM. 



ON THE FRONT. 



Pronator radii teres. 



Flexor carpi radialis. 



Palmaris longus. 



Flexor carpi ulnaris. 



Flexor sublimis digitorum perforatus. 



Flexor profundus perforans. 



Flexor pollicis longus. 



Pronator quadratus. 



ON THE BACK. 



Supinator radii longus. 

 Extensor carpi radialis longior. 

 Extensor carpi radialis brevier. 

 Extensor carpi ulnaris. 

 Extensor communis digitorum. 

 Extensor ossis metacarpi pollicis. 

 Extensor minor pollicis. 

 Extensor major pollicis. 

 Indicator. 

 Supinator radii brevis. 



Palmaris brevis. 

 Abductor pollicis manus. 

 Opponens pollicis. 

 Flexor brevis pollicis. 

 Adductor pollicis. 



MUSCLES OF THE HAND. 



Abductor minimi digiti. 

 Flexor brevis minimi digiti. 

 Adductor minimi digiti. 

 Lumbricales. 

 Interossei. 



INFERIOR EXTREMITY. 



THE INFERIOR EXTREMITY COMPRISES BONES, LIGAMENTS, MUSCLES, 

 FASCIA, BLOOD-VESSELS, AND NERVES, AND WILL BE EXAM- 

 INED UNDER THESE SEVERAL HEADS RESPECTIVELY. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE BONES AND LIGAMENTS. 



THE bones are arranged into those of the thigh, leg, 

 and foot, which, with the ligaments, constitute the passive 



organs. 



SECTION I. 



BONE OF THE THIGH OS FEMORIS. 



The femur is the only bone belonging to the thigh, and 

 is the longest one in the skeleton. Situated between the 

 pelvis and leg obliquely, it presents rather a twisted ap- 

 pearance, is broad below, contracted and cylindrical in the 

 centre, and thick above. It is composed of a body and two 

 extremities. 



The body is convex and smooth in front, concave and 



