IJ.MHS. 



303 



.!//... The ^astrnciiciiiii extend tin; foot upon tho tibia. They act as 

 a h \i i- of the first order wbou the limb is raised from tho ground, and as 



Fig. 137. 



HUSCLRS ON INSKK ASPECT OF LEFT POSTERIOR LIMB. 



1, Crest of the ilium ; 2, Section through it ; 3, Sacro-ischiatic ligament : 4, 1'yri- 

 I'ormi- ; .">, I'o-trrior portion of sacro-ischiatir li^aiin-iit ; '!, Tul>cn.-ity f i-diiuin ; 

 7, Anterior jtortion of ischium, snvn through ; 8, Pubis ; 9, Obturator foramen; 

 1", External iliac artery and vein, 11 ; 12, Obturator artery and vein ; the figures 

 are placed on the internal obturator muscle ; 13, Long adductor of the leg, or 

 sartorius; 14, Small adductor of the tlii-h, or adductor brevis; 15, Short 

 adductor of the leg, or gracilU; li'>, liivtu> of the thigh; 17, V;i-tu^ iutcnms; 

 18, Patella, with iii.-crtimi of rn-tus; I'.i. I'IIJMT f\tr.-iiiify of tibia; 'JO, Gas- 

 trocnemius; 21, Popliteus ; 22, Oblique flexor of the phalanges, or fl.-xor jiedis 

 ceenortus, with its tendon. i IOI-.-IM muscle, with it- t- :. 



r metatarsi; 25, Anterior extensor of the phalanges, or extensor pedis; 



.uuular li^.-iMii-iit ; _'7, Tendon of flexor metatarsi, and its cunean bram-h, 

 '. Tendon of superhcial flexor or internal gastrocnemiu^ ; ". T-'udon of 

 gi-ini-lli or external gastrocn<Miiiu> ; : ' 1 , Os calcis ; 32, Astragalus ; 33, Perforatua 

 t.-n |..ii : :'.4, Tendon of oblique flexor joining the perforans tendon, 35; 3ti, Large 

 metatarsal bone ; 37, Extensor ]>cdis tendon ; 38, Terminal knob of small meta- 

 tarsal bone. 



