l.ES UF THt H1X1' I.IMJ1. 



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- through a slit in the adductor magtms, and so affords this 

 muscle another point of origin; then backwards between the 

 adductor magni'* and the recfus interim* major and under the lower 

 third of the thigh, and unites with the posterior head of origin. The 

 muscle so formed passes into a thin tendon, and, together with that 

 of the sarforiu*, forms an aponeurotic arch, connected with the fascia 

 of the leg, undej which the tendons of the rectu* int'-rnu.* major and 



; BBS. 



(C.) Deep muscles of the thigh. 



To these, in addition to the adductor />//*, pectineu*, and the 

 portion of the biceps already described, belong also the following : 



124. J/. i?io-2#oa* (Figs. 82, 83, 84 */>). 



Duges, intra-ilio-femoral ( = iliacu* and pgoa* . Cuvier, Zenker. 

 Klein, iliac-its interim*. 



The fibres of this muscle take a broad origin from the pelvic 

 surface of the ilium, pass outwards over the lower margin of the 



Fig- 85- 



ad' 



Deep muscles of the left thigh of KUMI 

 etcvlenta. Dorsal view. , 



ad' M. adductor brevis. 



ci M. cuccvgeo-iliacus. 



CJT Coccyx. 



<jl M. glataeos. 



it Deoni. 



/. M. iliopsoaa. 



o^;. M. obturatorios. 



if M. qnadiatos femori*. 



Left half of pelvis of Kami rtcM- 

 lenla. Thigh turned forwards 

 under the abdomen. 



<ji. M. glutaeus. 

 eg M. obturat;>riu<. 



bone and form a flat muscle with its apex pointed posteriorly. It 

 crosses the hip-joint between the m. rectu* and vattu* intermit, 



