THE ANATOMY OF THE INDIAN ELEPHANT. 21 



bone immediately adjacent. It passes downwards on the outer 

 side of the thigh, and is lost in the fascia at the junction of the 

 lower third with the remainder of the thigh. Here it is closely 

 united with the anterior fibres of glutceus maximus. 



a and L.— 274-5 x, 276-7, 287-8, 290-1, 292-3 ; 294, fig. 1 x. 

 Omitted by Mayer. 



Gracilis arises by a very thin flat tendon from the posterior 

 three-fourths of the middle line of the pubic symphysis. The 

 tendon has a straight anterior border, and terminates about half- 

 way between the origin and insertion, where muscular fibres take 

 its place. On the posterior border the muscular fibres run up to 

 the origin. Most of the fibres pass backwards and downwards, 

 and are inserted into the fascia of the thigh. The anterior 

 fibres, which form a separable band about two inches wide, are 

 inserted into the inner side of the tibia, an inch and a half below 

 the tuberosity. 



C. and L. — 285-6 u. In this drawing the posterior margin is 

 too distinct, and the muscle far too rounded and solid. 290-1 ; 

 292-3; 294, fig. 2^. 



Sartorius. — A broad, flat muscle, which arises from the fascia 

 on the front and inner part of the thigh below Poupart's 

 Kgament. The muscle consists of loosely coherent muscular 

 bundles which thin out below. The most prolonged are inserted 

 by several tendinous strings into the thick yellow fascia of the 

 leg immediately below the knee-joiat on its inner side. 



Not figured by Cuvier and Laurillard. 



Glutceus maximus occupies, superficially, the inner two-thirds 

 of the buttock. It is sheathed in fascia, which, on the outer 

 side of the muscle, is strengthened by a considerable thickness 

 of yellow elastic tissue, but thins away internally. The muscle 

 arises from the crest of the ilium by means of a thin fascia, 

 from the dense fascia which covers glutceus medius, from the side 

 of the sacrum and upper caudal vertebrae, and from the great 

 sacro-sciatic ligament. The fibres are inserted as follows : — The 

 anterior or external part into the upper part of the fascia lata, 

 the internal fibres into the inner edge of the same, while a strong 

 bundle of the deep inner fibres passes to the middle fifth of the 

 femur. 



C. and L.— 274-5 ; 276-7 ; 287-8 • 294, fig. 2 (a, q part). 



