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THE INFERIOR EXTREMITY 



small proportion of them receive direct insertion into that 

 bone. The greater part of the muscle is inserted into the 

 fascia lata. To be more precise, it may be said that the deeper 

 fibres of the lower half of the muscle are directly attached 



Latissimus dorsi . . . 



M. obliquus externus 

 abdominis 



sartorius 

 M. tensor fasciae latas 



Reflected head 

 of rectus femoris 

 Straight head of 

 rectus femoris 



M. gemellus superior 

 M. gemellus inferior 



M. semimembranosus 



Mm. biceps and 

 semitendinosus 



M. quadratus femoris 



M. pectineus 



VT M. rectus abdominis 



M. pyramidalis 

 M. adductor longus 

 M. gracilis 

 M. adductor brevis 



FIG. 128. External aspect of the Hip Bone, with the Attachments 

 of the Muscles mapped out. 



to the gluteal tuberosity on the back of the femur (i.e. the 

 ridge which extends from the greater trochanter to the linea 

 aspera). (Fig. 122, p. 271.) All the remaining fibres of the 

 muscle are inserted into the fascia lata along the posterior 

 border of the proximal part of the ilio-tibial tract. The 



