I Hi SKELETON O] I BE LOV 



Bpine of the i chium, one in the me in tl 



jiuliis. Some of ill- • until after pub* 



in tin- flooi '.i the acetabulum. The epi] 

 t<j tin- twenty-fifl I 



Tin- pelvis as a v. hole is considered upon ; ,o. 



The Skeleton of the free lover Extremity. 



the femur. 



Tin- femur Fi ■-. [37 to 141) i- tin- largest long >f the hun . and ( 



a superior extremity ;;/, and an in dremity. 



The superior extremity presents a m i . , which i 



the axis of th ami is surmounted by the /;. id. This 



representing from two thirds to three-fourths • and u 



It i- covered with cartilage with the exception of a rough and slight! 

 below and to the inner side of the middle Fig. i which is firn 



ligament • >!* the hip-joint, the ligamentum ten 



That portion of tin- bone which : riction inu 



broadens external!) hafl i- designated as the >: 



an obliquely truncated cylinder, the superior border 

 one. The upper extremity of tin- l al the i 



tuberances, the' trochanters Fig. 140), which receive th 

 Th. r IrochanU lerably larger than the 1 



the entire outer portion of the superior extremity of the femur. I 

 above the femoral neck, and below its apex tated tl 



The lesser trochanter (Fig. 1 to i-> a short conical | 

 the greater trochanter upon the inner side of the up] 

 somewhat much smaller than the 



level. Tin- two trochanters are connected upon the anteri 

 intertrochanteric line\ (Fig. [39), and upon the posterioi 

 vated ridge which commences at the chant. 



The intertrochanteric line and ridge form th< 

 the femur. 'The greater and lesser trochanters 



The shaft (Figs. 1 37 to [39 i^ al ylindrical, al: 



it becomes broader and assumes the sh a three-sided prism with 



anterior and lateral surfaces an' strikingly smooth, but th. 

 line, tin- linea aspera, which i- composed ^i tv 

 (Fig. 1 ;;*. In the middle oi the femur they are closely approximated, I van! both 



* In tin- female the angle approa 



t The intertrochanteric line 1 ually run 10 the ' the inr. 



the linea aspera. 



