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THE MUSCLES. 



superior extremity of that bone, and assists in rearing. In the fii-st instance 

 it acts as a lever of the first order ; in the second, as one of the third order. 



Fig. 129. 



SUPERFICIAL MUSCLES OE THE CEOUP AUD THIGH. 



1, Middle glutens, or gluteus maximus ; 2, Anterior spinous process of ilium ; 3, 

 Muscle of the fascia lata, or tensor vaginse ; 4, Superficial gluteus, or gluteus 



^ externus ; *, Great trochanter of femur ; 5, Fascia lata ; 6, Patella, with insertion 

 of rectus ; 7, Long vastus, or adductor magnus ; 8, Superiox-. and, 9, lateral coccy- 

 geal muscles; 10, Semitendinosus and semimembranosus; 11, 12, Inferior 

 portions of long vastus; 13, Fascia of the^high; 14, Vastus externus. 



3. Deep Gluteus. (Fig. 131, 5.) 



Synonyms. — Ilio-trochaiiteritis parvus — Girard. Gluteus medius — Boargelat. Glu- 

 teus minimus— ia/osse and Bigot. The gluteus minimus of anthropotomists. (Gluteus 

 internus — Fercivatl.) ' 



Form — Situation. — A small, short, thick, and quadilateral muscle, 

 flattened above and below, situated beneath the preceding, and above the 

 coxo-femoral articulation. 



Structure and Attachments.-^-lt is composed of voluminous muscular and 



