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and flattened, and sometimes can scarcely be said to exist. Its origin 

 is from the volar (posterior) surface of the radius immediately distal 



M. triceps bracb.il . 

 (caput mediate). 



M. tensor fascia' antibrachii. 



M. flexor digitorum profundus. 



M. brachials. 



Jl. flexor digitorum _ 

 profundus. 



M. flexor digitorum — 

 subliinis. 



M. triceps brachii (capites longum 

 et laterale). 



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■ M. extensor digiti quinti. 



■M. extensor digitorum 

 communis. 



M. extensor digiti quinti. 



M. abductor pollicis. 



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Fig. 25.— Posterior Aspect of the Radius and Ulna, with Areas of 

 Muscular Attachment. 



lo the middle of the bone. The tendon of the radial head joins the 

 main tendon in the neighbourhood of the carpus. 



The very powerful and dense common tendon of the deep flexor 

 traverses the canal at the volar aspect of the carpus and will be 



