EQUINE ANATOMY. 

 FIG. 9. 



MUSCLES ON INNER ASPECT OF LEFT POSTERIOR LIMB. 



i, Crest of the ilium; 2, Section through it; 3, Sacro-ischiatic ligament; 4, Pyriformis; 

 5, Posterior portion of sacro-ischiatic ligament; 6, Tuberosity of ischium; 7, An- 

 terior portion of ischium, sawn through; 8, Pubis; 9, Obturator foramen; 10, Ex- 

 ternal iliac artery and vein, n; 12, Obturator artery and vein; the figures are 

 placed on the internal obturator muscle; 13, Long adductor of the leg, or sar- 

 torius; 14, Small adductor of the thigh, or adductor brevis; 15, Short adductor of 

 the leg, or gracilis; 16, Rectus of the thigh; 17, Vastus internus; 18, Patella, with 

 insertion of rectus; 19, Upper extremity of tibia; 20, Gastrocnemius; 21, Pop- 

 liteus; 22, Oblique flexor of the phalanges, or flexor pedis accessorius, with its 



