THE HIP-BONE. 



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free from muscular attachment. The sickle-shaped space between the iliac crest and 

 posterior gluteal line above , and the middle gluteal line below is occupied by the 

 gluteus medius ; and the surface between the middle and inferior gluteal lines gives 



SEMiMEMBRANOSUS 



ISCHIUM 



Fig. 122. RIGHT HIP-BONE or MALE : OOTEK VIEW. (Drawn by T. \V. P. Lawrence.) 



origin to the gluteus minimus. On the lowest part of this surface, immediately above 

 the margin of the acetabulum, is a' rough elongated mark where the reflected head of 

 the rectus femoris is attached. 



The internal surface of the ilium is divided into two parts. The anterior of these 

 (iliac surface} is the larger : it is smooth and concave, occupied by the iliacus muscle, 

 and is known as the iliac fossa. Inferiorly, the fossa terminates above the margin of 

 the acetabulam, and to the inner side of the anterior inferior iliac spine, in a groove 



