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superior extremity of that bone, and assists in rearing. In the first instance 

 it acts as a lever of the first order; in the second, as one of the third oi<l< r. 



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SUPERFICIAL MUSCLES OF THE CROUP AND THIGH. 



1, Middle gluteus, or gluteus mu.xhmis; 2, Anterior spinous process of ilium; 3, 

 Muscle of the fascia lata, or tensor vaginae; 4, Superficial gluteus, or gluteus 

 externus; *, Great trochanter of femur; 5, Fascia l.-it;i ; ti, I';itcll.-t, with insertion 

 of rectus; 7, Long vastus, or adductor magnus; 8, Superior and, 9, lateral coccy- 

 geal muscles; 10, Semitendinosus and semimembranosus ; 11, 12, Inferior 

 portions of long vastus; 13, Fascia of the thigh ; 14, Vastus externus. 



,3. Deep Gluteal. (Fig. 131, 5.) 



Synonyms. Ilio-trochantcrius parvus Girard. Glutens medius Bourgdat. <;iu- 

 teus minimus Lafosee and Riyot. The gluteus minimus of anthropotomiflU. (dint, ,i* 

 internus Percivall.) 



Form Situation. A small, short, thick, and quadilatcral muscle* 

 flattened above and below, situated beneath the preceding, and above tli< 

 coxo-femoral articulation. 



Structure and Attachment*. It is composed of voluminous muscular and 



