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is attadh '1, on tho inner aspect <f tho femur, to tin: imprints Bnrronndillg 

 tlio nutrient foramen movable insertion. 



Action. Tho poctinous is an adductor and flexor of tlio tliigli, and also 

 rotates it inwardly. 



Fig. 130. 



MUSCLES OF THE SUBl.DMnAR, PATKLLAR, AND 1XTKRNAL CRURAL RKOIONS. 



1, Psoas inagnus ; 1', Its terminal tendon; 2, Psoas parvus; 3, Iliacus; 4, Its small 

 internal portion ; 5, Muscle of the fascia lata ; 6, Kectus of the thigh ; 7, Vastus 

 internus ; 8, Long adductor of the leg; 9, Short adductor of the leg; 11, Pecti- 

 neus; 12, Great adductor of the thigh; 12', Small adductor of the thigh; l.i, 

 Semimembranosus ; 14, Semitendtnosus. A, Portion of the iliac fascia; it, 

 Portion of the layer reflected from the aponeurosis of the abdominal s^rcat 

 oblique, forming Poupart's ligament; C, Pubic tendon of the abdominal muscles; 

 D, Origin of the pubio-femoral ligament. 



Relations. Inwards, with tho short adductor of tho leg ; outwards and 

 forwards, with tho femoral insertion of tho psoag magnus and iliacus, tho 

 Vitstus intern us, tho crural vessels, and tho long adductor of tho log; behind, 

 with tho small adductor of tho thigh, and, near its superior extremity, with 

 the external obturator. 



