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in position and furnishing the middle third of 

 the acetabulum. 



{3. An anterior elongated piece (ilium}; subcylindri- 

 cal in front, behind, laterally compressed (crista 

 ilii) ; it furnishes rather more than the anterior 

 third of the acetabulum. Its articulation with the 

 sacrum is effected through the agency of a car- 

 tilaginous supra-ilium ; related to the ilium, as is 

 the supra-scapula to the scapula in the shoulder- 

 girdle (cf. p. 69). 



y. A posterior, laterally compressed piece (ischiuvi) ; 

 united with its fellow in the middle line. It 

 meets the ilium above, below it is separated 

 from it by the pubis; it furnishes rather less 

 than the posterior third of the acetabulum. 



The skeleton of the hind limb. 



a. The thigh-bone (os femoris) ; its cylindrical shaft 

 and rounded articular ends. 



b. The leg-bone (os cruris). 



a. A long cylindrical bone, expanded at its articular 

 extremities. Its upper end; excavated for ar- 

 ticulation upon the femur. Its lower end; 

 rounded and notched to give passage to the 

 tendon of the tibialis posticus muscle (Sect. H. 

 7 . a. /?.). 



fi. The longitudinal grooves on it ; indicating that 

 it is really made up of two united bones, the 

 tibia and \hzfibula. 



y. The nutritive foramen (for passage of nerves and 

 blood-vessels into its interior) ; a small slit-like 

 perforation of the middle of the shaft. 



