I ill M( 5CLES 01 I HI 1 HIGH. 



itself, while the other on from the upper mai 'abulum and n fro 



the anterior inf< rior spine at a right or obtuse angle, the - 



as an aponeurosis upon tlu- anterior suri the nv I he fibers of the n 



itudinally, but diverge downward and I ard the in 



in the middle of the muscle. The flat tendon of insertion commences upon tlu- anteri 

 of the nui>cular bell) the patella and unites with the remaining 



• the upper margin of ihi> boi 

 I vastus medialis . flat, thick m 



the anterior and internal femoral regions. I' from the inner lip of the- li- 



tlu- femur where- it is adherent t<> tlu- insert run <!• ird ar 



forward, -tunc of them being i the upper margin of the patella with the comirn 



don and some of them passing independently t<> the inner in of thi 



lion of the muscle is situated in the lower third of the femur; it ith tl 



vastus intcrmedi 



'flu vastus lateralis ; 



flat muscle, which forms the chief bulk of the musculature of tl It 



stronger than the medialis and d< 'end as far d< 



chiefly in the upper and middle thirds of the thigh. It ari m the outer lip of the li: 



ir upward as tin trochanter and t< I from the 



prominence-, and its fibers run quite obliquely from behind forward and from a - 

 the direction of the- upper fasciculi approaching the vertical. 



The entire- external the muscle is cover 



gin i lion of th< termedius, with 



and it is in of the common tendon into thi 



The vastus intermedins crureu llat muscle, the whi< 



ndinous and distint I ivated to accommodate the overh 



independent of all the 1 f the quad) arably 



with tin- other tv. I: from almost the enti the an: 



shaft of tlu- femu - from behind downward and 



diiv the- muscle and uently into the common tendon of t! 



low< iculi i>\ tl intermedius ] the joint and are k: the m. . 



The- common tendon ui insertion ^\ tlu- four he. liately 



tin patella by the union ^i the tendon of tin .vith ti 



upper and the lateral margins of the patella, the latter structure simply - 

 tor the tendon which is continued to the tuberosity ^i the tibia as t: liar ligament 



[35). Tin- actual point i^i insertion of the quadrii .uently this 



the tibia. 



fhe quadrii .1 by it 



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