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MUSCLES OF THE TIDGH. 



We now turn to some of the muscles, &c., that are evident tn 

 the eye on the outside of the thigh. 



CUT OF THE MUSCLES, ETC., OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE THIG» 

 Fig. 43. 



e The great glntoBns mnscle. 



t Biceps femoi-is, or two-headed mnscle. j 



f Issi continnation of the membrane seen at a, in the preceding cnt. 



i GlatEeus extemus. 



j A powerftil muscle to extend the hock. 



A A slender muscle arising from the head of the fibula, its tendon nnitmg witB 



that of the perforating muscle. 

 7n The peronseus mascle. 

 n HiXtensor pedis, or extendbr of the foot. 

 o Flexor pedis, or bender of the foot. 

 p Gives the course of the anterior arteries 

 ff Gives the coarse of the principal nerves. 



