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tendinous insertion being anterior and lying just to the outside of that of the gracilis. 

 The line of insertion measures one inch and a half. 



(14) Rectus femoris. — This muscle is partly tendinous and partly muscular at its 

 origin from the ilium below the scansorius and just in front of the glenoid cavity ; 

 about halfway down the thigh it fuses with the external vastus muscle. 



(] 5) Vastus. — The vastus externus, vastus internvs, and crwmus were all present ; 

 but they were so closely connected the one with the other that it is best to regard 

 them as one muscle arising from the greater part of the surface of the femur, and 

 inserted on to the patella and its ligament. 



(16) Gracilis. — The gracilis arises from the symphysis pubis by a thin tendon; the 

 muscle is flat, and gradually narrows towards its insertion, which is by a tendon rather 

 more than an inch in length and about half an inch in breadth ; the insertion lies 

 between that of the sartorius and semifencUnosus. 



(17) Pectineus. — This muscle arises in front of the adductor longiis, and is very 

 slightly overlapped by it ; its origin is chiefly fleshy, but there is a tendinous surface 

 of small extent on the posterior surface of the muscle, which is overlapped by the 

 adductor. The insertion measures three quarters of an inch in length, and lies 

 immediately behind the lesser trochanter ; for almost one quarter of its extent it is 

 entirely tendinous, and the whole of the upper surface glistens. 



(18) Adductor longus arises from the piibis, immediately behind the origin of the 

 pectineus, which it slightly overlaps, and from the septa between itself and the 

 adjacent muscles ; at a distance of four and a half inches from its origin it fuses with 

 the adductor magnus, and is inserted in common with that muscle. 



(19) Adductor brevis, — This muscle arises below the adductor magnus; it consists of 

 two parts : one arises from the pubis, below the adductor longus, and from the symphysis, 

 the other arises further back from the ischium and from the septa between itself and 

 the adductor magnus and oiturator internus ; the two join just before the insertion ; 

 its line of insertion measures an inch and a half in length ; it commences about on 

 a level with the middle of the lesser trochanter, and ends on a level with the end 

 of the insertion of the glutceus maximus ; the insertion is partly muscular and partly 

 tendinous. 



(20) Adductor magnus. — This muscle is divided into two distinct parts, which are 

 perfectly separate both at origin and insertion : one part is inserted in common with the 

 adductor longus, and it is a question whether these two together should not be regarded 

 as the equivalent of the adductor longus. The outer part of the muscle arises from 

 the ischium just behind the gracilis and in contact with it in front ; behind it is in 

 contact with the origins of the semimembranosus and the other muscles which arise from 

 the tuber ischii ; together with the gracilis it completely covers over the deeper part of 

 the adductor magnus. The muscle is flattish at first, but afterwards becomes thicker ; 

 its origin is fleshy above, but in the middle line below it has a tendon, which soon dies 



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