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TEE MUSCLES. 



is attached, on the inner aspect of the femur, to the imprints surrounding 

 the nutrient foramen movable insertion. 



Action. The pectineus is an adductor and flexor of the thigh, and also 

 rotates it inwardly. 



Fig. 130. 



MUSCLES OP THE STTBLUMBAR, PATELLAE, AND INTERNAL CRUEAL REGIONS. 



1, Psoas magnus ; 1', Its terminal tendon ; 2, Psoas parvus ; 3, Iliacus ; 4, Its small 

 internal portion ; 5, Muscle of the fascia lata ; 6, Rectus of the thigh ; 7, Vastus 

 internus; 8, Long adductor of the leg; 9, Short adductor of the leg; 11, Pecti- 

 neus; 12, Great adductor of the thigh; 12', Small adductor of the thigh; 13, 

 Semimembranosus ; 14, Semitendinosus. A, Portion of the iliac fascia ; B, 

 Portion of the layer reflected from the aponeurosis of the abdominal great 

 oblique, forming Poupart's ligament ; C, Pubic tendon of the abdominal muscles ; 

 D, Origin of the pubio-femoral ligament. 



Relations. Inwards, with the short adductor of the leg ; outwards and 

 forwards, with the femoral insertion of the psoas magnus and iliacus, the 

 vastus internus, the crural vessels, and the long adductor of the. leg; behind, 

 with the small adductor of the thigh, and, near its superior extremity, with 

 the external obturator. 



