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TOPOGRAPHICAL ANATOMY OF 



The hip joint (articulatio eoxse). — The joint capsule (capsula 

 articularis) of the hip joint is in the form of a roomy, double-mouthed 



M. rectus femoris. 



M. vastus medialis. 



M. sartorius. 



Saphenous vessels and 

 nerve. 



A. femoralis. 



M. adductor. 



M/semimembranosus.- 



Nn. tibialis et peromelia 

 communis. 



M. gracilis = __ 



M. vastus lateralis. 



Femur. 



M. biceps femoris. 



M. senutendinosus. 



FlG. 82. — Section across the Thigh at the Level indicated b}' M in Fig. 81. 



sac, one end of which is attached to] the margin of the acetabulum and 

 the transverse ligament thereof. The femoral attachment is to the 

 neck of the bone, a very short distance from the articular margin, 

 except at the lateral part of the joint, where 2 or 3 cm. of the neck 

 is included within the capsule. The strongest part of the capsule is 



