v/ //> or mi: i'i>Ti:i;nn; /./w/;s. 289 



cavity, at tho entrance to the pelvis; afterwards, inside the thigh; it is 

 oblique from above to below, behind to before, and within to without. 



,S'//v/.7///v. It is formed of parallel muscular fibres, and terminates, 

 interiorly, by an aponeurosis which is confounded with that of the short 

 adductor. 



Attnrlniii'nts. It originates, superiorly, from tho inferior face of tin- iliac 

 fascia near the tendon of the psoas parvus, and is inserted, by means of its 

 terminal apoueurosis, not on the supero-internal tuberosity of the tibia, 

 but on tho internal patellar ligament, in common with the short adductor. 



li' lutii'nn. It is covered by tho crural aponenrosis and Poupnrt's liga- 

 ment, and covers tho iliacus, psoas magnus, the anterior femoral nerve, and 

 the internal vastus. Superiorly, its inner border forms the limit, with tho 

 pectineus and the anterior border of the short adductor, to a triangular space 

 occupied by the crural vessels; below this space the two adductors of the 

 leg are closely adherent to each other. 



Action. It adducts tho leg, and flexes the femur. 



2. Short Adductor of the Leg. (Fig. 130, 9.) 

 ^nbpubio-tibialis Girard. (Gracttig Percivall. Pubio-tibialis Leyh.) 



Form Situation Direction. A large quadrilateral muscle, thin at its 

 borders, situated inside the thigh in an oblique direction downwards and 

 cut wards. It forms the base of what is called tlicjtat of the thigh. 



Structure. Formed of parallel muscular fibres, which extend from its 

 superior to its inferior border, this muscle is tendinous at its origin, is 

 red by an albugineous layer, and terminates inferiorly in a wide 

 aponenrosis. 



Atttii-hiiu-ntx.It originates, by the whole extent of its superior border, 

 from tho ischio-pubic symphysis, and is confounded with the muscle of tho 

 opposite side- or/;////. Its terminal aponeurosis, united with that of the 

 long adductor, is inserted on the internal patelhir ligament and the internal 

 face of the tibia movable insertion; posteriorly, it is confounded with tho 

 apoueurosis of the semitcndinosus, and with it forms tho tibial aponeurosis 

 j>ing the tibial muscles. 



lions. Its superficial face is covered by a cellulo-fibrous layer, and 



by the saphi mi vessels and nerves. It covers, by its deep !'.:< . the peetinens. 



>f tho thigh, the semimembranosus and scmit' -ndinosus, and 



nt. rnal femoro-tibiul liament. It is traversed at its origin, and 



altogi tin r in front, by a very large venous branch. 



Action.- An adductor of tho limb and a tensor of the tibial aponeu- 



3. PM-//VMX. (Fig. IW. 11.) 



Syif Superpabio-femoralia {Wracrf. Its niitcrir l>nmrli nv.-| M >Mils t" tin- 



ii.-. in nl tli- |-<i-ti-ri<>r to (In- middle ddartar in Man. (Antrim 

 k.) 



-.tuated beneath the preceding, in an 



oblique. diri<-tion downwards, forwards, and outwards, this mn ioid, 



thick. and bifid at its superior t xtivmity, contracted at it.- inferior extremity. 



/ Altin-luiii'iilft.- Its fasciculi ari>e either from the anterior 



i interior suri'.n-e of the piiliis. or from the surface of tin' pubio- 



it. which pa^-i > lirtu-.n it- t'.\o branches ji.ru I inm-ftimi. 



.iiv eiivel<-p,-d. at their inferior extremity, by a tendinous cone, which 



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