or TIII: r<^ri-:inon LTMH*. 291 



.-lc//... This muscle is an adductor and llexor of the thigh. and more 

 particularly a rotator inwards of thn same ray. 



4. Small Adductor of the Thigh. (Figs. 130, 12 ; 137, 14.) 



S//HOMI/HIX. The anterior ]>ortion of the l.ii-i-ps fi-iuoralis of Hinm/ilnl. and of tlie 

 obpubio-femoralifl of tlirard. 1 (Mi'lill-- ///-/. ///'. r<i//>- nf I ryh. A jM>rtiou of the 

 it<l<lii<-t,,r>." /i'ui> >rix of Percivall, and whii-h he ha.s named tin- mltlm-tur l>r< r -.) 



Situation Direction. This muscle is situated beneath the short ad- 

 ductor of the leg, between the pcctineus and the great adductor of the thigh, 

 in an oblique direction downwards and outwards. 



/'//// Sfnii-fiirc. It is flat from before backwards, thick and narrow at 

 its upper extremity, thin and wide inferiorly. Its muscular fibres are of a 

 pale-red colour, nearly parallel to each other, and sometimes very indistinct 



superficially, at least from those belonging to the great adductor ; iufe- 

 riorly, they become apoueurotic. 



Att'ii-ltut'-iitx. Above, to the inferior face of the pubis origin ; below, 

 to the roughened, quadrilateral surface on the posterior aspect of the femur. 

 in common with the short branch of the great adductor li'rm'naition. 



li> I'ttiona. Inwards, with the short adductor of the leg; outwards, with 

 til- obturator externus : in front, with the pectineus; behind, with the great 

 adductor of the thigh. 



5. Great Adductor of the Thigh. (Pigs. 130, 12.) 



Synonyms. Posterior portion of the biceps femoralis of Bourgelat, and of the snb- 

 pnbiit-fi-moralis of Girard. (The adductor longus, of Percivall. Posterior pttbio-femorali* 

 -Ltyh.) 



Situation Dirrctitm. The great adductor is situated beneath the 

 preceding muscle, between the small adductor and the semimcmbranosus, 

 proceeding obliquely downwards and outwards. 



F,'i-m Slni<-ture. It is a long, thick, prismatic muscle, depressed from 



before to behind, terminating, inferiorly, by two branches of unequal length, 



and almost entirely composed of parallel muscular fibres, which are generally 



.guislied from the fasciculi of the small adductor by their deeper 



colour. 



Attachments. Above, to the lower face of the ischium and to the single 

 tendinous band which attaches the two muscles of the flat of the thigh to 

 the pelvic syrnphysis origin. Below: 1, By its external branch, the 

 thickest and shortest, to the quadrilateral scabrous sin -face on the posterior 

 of the femur, outside the small adductor; 2, By its internal branch, 

 the longest and thinnest, to the supero-internal condyle of the femur, in 

 common with the semimembranosus and the internal femoro-tibial ligament 



termination. 



Relations. Inwards, with the short adductor of the log ; behind, with 

 the scmimembranosus; in front, with the small adductor, the external 

 obturator, and the inferior extremity of the square crural muscle. Its 

 external border, thinner than the internal, partly covers the superior 



1 After mature deliberation. \\v ha\v decided on drscriliin^ns two mnsri, s the 1 : 

 foinonilis of lioiir^rlat, and to give to them tin- iiunn s of Miiall and .u'rnit nddiie: 

 tin- thiu'h. !> which liichnt lias di-si^nated the orrr.spondintf miisclen in the lower 

 : M:ITI. W. liuvc thought it onr duty, in this instance, to follow the example 

 i UB l>y several (Jcrman authors. 



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