CHAPTER III 



THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM 



The muscles of the body eoin|)risc tho flesh or lean meat and the 

 muscular part of the walls of the stomach, intestines, and other 



Fif?. S. — Superficial layer of muscles: x, Wing of Atlas; 2, spine of scapula; 

 4, C(jndyle of humerus; 6, deltoid tuberosity; 8, olecranon; 10, external angle of 

 ilium; 20, patella; 21', lateral condyle of tibia. (Ellenberger-Baum, Anat. fiir 

 Kunstler.) 



soft organs. The muscular system is the largest of all the body 

 systems, the skeletal muscles alone representing 45 per cent, of the 



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