MUSCLES OF THE ANTERIOR LIMBS. 



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metacarpus and the coraco-radialis, passes below the antibrachial band of the 

 latter, as under a fibrous bridge. 



Action. It is simply a flexor of the fore-arm. 



Fig. 121. 



INTERNAL ASPECT OP LEFT ANTERIOR LIMB. 



1, Prolonging cartilage of scapula ; 2, Inner surface of scapula ; 3, Subscapularis ; 

 4, Adductor of the arm, or teres major ; 5, Supra- or antea-spinatus ; 6, Long 

 extensor of the fore-arm, or portion of the caput magnum ; 7, Large extensor 

 of the fore-arm, the other portion of the caput magnum ; 8, Middle extensor, or 

 caput medium ; 9, Humeralis externus, or short flexor of the fore-arm ; 10, 

 Coraco-humeralis ; 11, Upper extremity of humerus ; 12, Coraco-radialis, or 

 flexor brachii; 13, Lower extremity of humerus; 14, Brachial fascia; 15, 

 Anterior extensor of the metacarpus, or extensor metacarpi magnus ; 16, Belly 

 and aponeurotic termination of the flexor brachii ; 17, Ulna ; 18, Ulnaris acces- 

 sorius, or oblique flexor of the metacarpeus ; 19, Internal flexor of the meta- 

 carpus, or epicondylo-metacarpeus ; 20, Radius ; 21, Tendon of the oblique 

 extensor ; 22, Large metacarpal bone ; 23, Flexor tendons of the foot ; 24, Sus- 

 pensory ligament ; 25, Internal rudimentary metacarpal bone ; 26, Extensor 

 tendon of the foot ; 27, Metacarpo-phalangeal sheath ; 28, Lateral cartilages of 

 the foot ; 29, Podophyllse. 



