202 



THE THIGH. 



ligament, continued from the capsular, enter, and are thereby 

 firmly united to it ; and round the root of the neck, where it 

 rises from the bone, a rough ridge is found, where the capsular 

 Fig. 45.* ligament of the articulation itself is con- 

 nected. Below this root, a large unequal 

 protuberance, called trochanter major, 

 stands out ;. the external convex part of 

 which is distinguished into three different 

 surfaces; whereof the one on the upper and 

 front part is scabrous and rough, for the 

 insertion of the glutaeus minimus ; the supe- 

 rior one is smooth, and has the glutaeus 

 medius inserted into it ; and the one behind 

 is made flat and smooth, by the tendon of 

 the glutaeus maximus passing over it. The 

 upper edge of this process is sharp and 

 pointed at its back part, where the glutaeus 

 medius is fixed ; but forwards it is more 

 obtuse, and under it is a depression, into 

 which some of the muscles, which rotate 

 the thigh outwards, are fixed. From the 

 posterior prominent part of this great tro- 

 chanter, a rough ridge runs backwards and 

 downwards, into which the quadratus is 

 inserted. In the deep hollow, at the inter- 

 nal upper side of this ridge, the obturator 

 externus is implanted. More internally, a conical process, 

 called trochanter minor, rises, for the insertion of the musculus 

 psoas and iliacus internus ; and the pectineus is implanted into 

 a rough hollow, below its internal root. The muscles inserted 

 into these processes being the principal instruments of the 



* The right femor, seen upon the anterior aspect. I. The shaft. 2. The head. 

 3. The neck. 4. The great trochanter. 5. The anterior intertrochanteric line. 

 6. The lesser trochanter. 7. The external condyle. 8. The internal condyle. 

 9. The tuberosity for the attachment of the external lateral ligaments. 10. The 

 groove for the tendon of origin of the popliteus muscle. 11. The tuberosity for 

 the attachment of the internal lateral ligament. 



