MVSri.KS OF THK HIM' T.IMI:. 



115. .]/. K 't/jiemlranoxv* (Figs. 80, 86 



Duges, sus-ischio-poplite, n. 148. Klein, p. 60, extensor 

 sttblimif. 



This muscle lies on the dorsal surface of the thigh, to the inner 

 side of. the bice/** and j>yrifuni>'i : it is a broad muscle, which takes a 

 tendinous origin from the hinder and upper angle of the sympiyri* 

 /ei, and is inserted by a flat tendon into the dorsal sxirface 

 of the ligaments of the knee-joint, and through these into the 

 tibio-fibula. The tendon is formed rather abruptly from the muscle, 

 and is surrounded (Fig. 86) by the concave arch, which forms 

 the tendon of origin of the gaxfi-<>i>/iri/>i/'* (q. v.}. A little behind 

 its middle (compare Fig. 8 1 ) the muscle is divided obliquely into an 

 anterior and a posterior portion by an aponeurotic septum. As 

 all the fibres are interrupted by this structure, the muscle may 

 very easily be torn through. 



(B.) Muscles on the ventral siirface. 



116. .17. xarfm-iii* (Figs. 81, 82 *). 



Duges. ~ous-ileo-tibial, n. i-;o. Klein, gracili*. 



This long, flat muscle lies along the middle of the ventral surface 

 of the thigh ; it arises by a tendon from the anterior inferior angle 

 formed by the symphysis of the innominate bones, and ter- 

 minates in a tendon behind the knee-joint, forming a kind of 

 in the fascia of the leg, similar to that of the 



117- -V. recta* internv* Major (Ecker), (Figs. 81 r.i' , 82 //"). 



Duges, post-iscLio-tibial profond, n. 15;. Klein, semime-mb-rano*u*. 



This is a broad and flat muscle, thinned out at either extremity ; 

 it occupies the inner half of the ventral surface of the thigh, and is 

 in relation with the aililndor iitayniix externally and anteriorly, with 

 the xaiior'iH* posteriorly, and the rtrtus minor muscle internally. 

 The muscle arises by a tendon from the pubic symphysis ; 

 it covers in its course the saaite*dino9M s then passes into a 

 strong tendon, which blends with the tendon of the rectv* 

 ni in" r, to be inserted by a slip into a process of the tibio-fibula 

 representing the fnfjero*ita* tibiae, first passing between the ten- 

 dons of the 8art<n-'ui% and cmimem&nMO9tB, which here form an 

 aponeurotic arch ; a second slip passes under the tendon of the 



1 The sartorius has lately been used by Kuhne in his researches on the nerve- 

 endings in muscle and on muscle contraction without nerve supply (du Bois-Rey- 

 mond's and Reichert's Archiv. 1^59. Page 314 . 



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