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MESSES. BEDDAKD AJJTD MITCHELL ON THE [June 19, 



the femur and from the sept-um between itself and the peroneus 

 longus, and from the septum between itself and the flexor perforatus 

 et perforans of the middle finger. Its tendon is inserted to the 

 base of the second phalanx of its digit. 



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Muscles of leg of Palamedea. Inner view. 



Flexor perforatus et perforans medii. — This has a similar origin 

 to the last, which it imderlies ; but in addition it has an extensive 

 origin from the fibula. Beginning opposite the insertion of the 

 biceps, its tendon is inserted to the base of the second phalanx 

 of the middle finger. Above the first phalanx a short tendinous 

 connection runs down to it from the flexor perforatus tendon of 

 the same digit. 



Fle.ror 2)erforatus.— The parts of this muscle are closely united. 

 The mass arises from two heads. The inner head is large and 

 fleshy and comes from the intercondylar notch. The outer head 

 arises tendinously from the outer condyle of the femur, below the 

 origins of the perforated and perforating flexors. With this outer 

 head the tendon of the ambiens unites after it has crossed the 



