MUSCLES OF THE HIND-LIMB 



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The tibialis a; 



of tide legV 

 the /lower /em 

 the/midd/e o 

 inserted/inti 

 and calcaneu: 



Th6 extensor c 



the tfljialis a 



/par% hj ^f 



y by a loii^te] 



lies? 



t)4e extaisor sui-face; 



a long thin' tendi^n from 

 tir, ancy divides aboydt 

 two badlies which 



'al ends/f thQ'astraj 



ely, 



Jong ihe pofeaxial ^ide of 



icus/partly povered by this and 



g fascia, of the reg. It arises 



^ _^ _^ jrom the preaxial condyle of 



the femur, rims in a groove in the upper end of 

 the tibia, and is inserted into the extensor surface 

 of the tibia along nearly its whole length. 



The peroneus is a stout muscle which lies along 

 the postaxial surface of the leg, between the 

 tibialis anticus and the gastrocnemius. It 

 arises from the distal end of the femur, and is 

 inserted into the outer malleolus of the tibia and 

 the proximal end of the calcaneum. 



