THE INTEGUMENTS. 



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membrane separates them, forming intermuscular septa; and most of 

 them, especially those of the limbs, are bound down by a general mem- 

 branous investment, called i\\e fascia (Fig. 5, on the left limbs), which 



Fig. 5. 



Fig. 5. A dissected view of the muscles found on the back of the Human body, and on the posterior aspect 

 of the limbs. In the case of the left limbs, the membranous expansion called the fascia, which immedi- 

 ately invests the muscles, is supposed to remain upon them; whilst in the right limbs it is removed. 

 (Bourgery and Jacob.} 



is thicker on the outer aspect of the limbs, and especially in the palms 

 and in the soles, than elsewhere. This fascia is also shown in Fig. 6. 



